Mont Albert railway station

Mont Albert railway station was a commuter railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It served the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert in Victoria, Australia. Mont Albert was a ground level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It was located between Surrey Hills and Box Hill and it opened on 11 August 1890 and closed on 17 February 2023, due to the works associated with the Level Crossing Removal Project.<ref name="vicsigmontalbert">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Mont Albert station opened on 11 August 1890 and, like the suburb itself, was named after Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria.<ref name="vpmontalbert">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1963, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Mont Albert Road level crossing, which was located nearby in the Flinders Street (up) direction of the station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 1960s, track amplification works resulted in the Box Hill-bound platform being rebuilt and converted to an island platform.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> In December 1971, services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended though the station to Box Hill.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 2020, it was announced that as part of the removal of level crossings at Union and Mont Albert Roads,<ref name=building/> both the Mont Albert and nearby Surrey Hills stations would be closed by 2023, with a single new railway station at Union to be constructed between the two stations. On 17 February 2023, the last train to depart from Mont Albert was a Belgrave-bound train at 20:37,<ref name=vicsigmontalbert/> before its closure for demolition. The replacement new station, Union, opened on 22 May of that year.<ref name="union">Template:Cite web</ref> The former station building on Platform 1 was refurbished and relocated within the precinct for community use.<ref name=building/><ref>Surrey Hills level crossing removal Template:Webarchive City of Boroondara</ref>

Platforms and services

Mont Albert had one island platform (Platforms 2 and 3) and one side platform (Platform 1), linked by an underpass. It was 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

Transport links

At the time of closure, one bus route serviced Mont Albert, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: Box Hill station - Burwood (operated by Ventura Bus Lines)<ref name="ptv766">Template:Cite web</ref>

Gallery

• 
  Eastbound view from Platform 2, May 2014
• 
  Heritage station building in its original location on Hamilton Street.
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  Westbound view from Platform 1, January 2016.

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au