Box Hill railway station, Melbourne
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Box Hill railway station (station code: BOX) is on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Melbourne, Australia. It is located in the Box Hill Central (also known as Centro Box Hill) shopping centre on the corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street. It connects with a major bus terminal, which is part of the same complex, and a nearby tram route. Box Hill station is located 16.1 km from Flinders Street Station in the centre of Melbourne.
The station has three platforms, with one central island platform, and a third that is used at peak times. The station has an unused (and trackless) fourth platform (platform 1), used temporarily while the current station was being built and provided for possible future use, although a McDonalds Restaurant has since opened over its entrance. Box Hill is a premium station, and as such, is staffed from first to last train. The Lilydale/Belgrave line changes from a triple to a double track at Box Hill.
The station first opened in 1882, when the railway line was extended from Camberwell to Lilydale. At the time, Box Hill was a separate town, with several hundred residents. In 1895, a large market was opened next to the station. On December 19, 1922, the section from Flinders Street to Box Hill was electrified, and this was continued to Ringwood the following month.
In the late 1980s, the Box Hill Central shopping centre was built over the top of the station, which was first lowered into a cutting. The new station was progressively opened between 1983 and 1985.
External links
- Box Hill signal box (http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure§ion=signalboxes&box=Box%20Hill)
- Centro Box Hill (http://www.centroboxhill.com.au)
- metlink Station Information for Box Hill (http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/station_info/station_info_station_res.php?STATION=27)