Chatham railway station, Melbourne

Chatham railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Surrey Hills, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Chatham station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 April 1927, with the current station provided in 1971.<ref name="vicsigchatham">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Chatham station opened on 1 April 1927,<ref name=vicsigchatham/> and was named after nearby Chatham Road.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The station originally opened with the current island platform only. In December 1971, Platform 3 was provided when services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended through the station to Box Hill.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Platforms and services

Chatham has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. Platforms 1 and 2 (island platform) has a large red brick building, while the non-aligned Platform 3 features a small weatherboard shelter. All three platforms are linked by an underpass.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Lilydale, Belgrave		All stations
3	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Blackburn, Ringwood, Lilydale, Belgrave		All stations

Gallery

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  Westbound view from Platform 3, May 2014
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  The station's southern entrance, February 2017
• 
  Westbound view from Platform 2, December 2018

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au