Chatham railway station, Melbourne

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

  • Lilydale
  • Belgrave
Distance12.98 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms3 (1 island, 1 side)Tracks3ConstructionStructure typeGroundParking10Bicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleNo—steep rampOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeCHMFare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlapWebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened1 April 1927; 97 years ago (1927-04-01)Rebuilt19 December 1971ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)Passengers2005–2006176,321[1]2006–2007200,826[1] Increase 13.89%2007–2008233,167[1] Increase 16.1%2008–2009247,765[2] Increase 6.26%2009–2010239,410[2] Decrease 3.37%2010–2011242,164[2] Increase 1.15%2011–2012220,773[2] Decrease 8.83%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014236,690[2] Increase 7.2%2014–2015234,592[1] Decrease 0.88%2015–2016250,161[2] Increase 6.63%2016–2017239,167[2] Decrease 4.39%2017–2018239,338[2] Increase 0.071%2018–2019246,350[2] Increase 2.92%2019–2020196,950[2] Decrease 20.05%2020–202180,050[2] Decrease 59.35%2021–202295,650[3] Increase 19.48%2022–2023104,900[3] Increase 9.67% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Canterbury Lilydale line Union
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Union
towards Belgrave
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Canterbury
towards Flinders Street 		  Lilydale line   Surrey Hills
towards Lilydale or Belgrave
  Belgrave line  
Track layout
Legend
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Chatham railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills in Victoria, Australia. Chatham 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.[4]

History

Chatham station opened on 1 April 1927,[4] and was named after nearby Chatham Road.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7][8]

Platform 1:

  •  Lilydale line  all stations limited express services to Flinders Street
  •  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

  •  Lilydale line  all stations services to Lilydale
  •  Belgrave line  all stations services to Belgrave

Platform 3:

  •  Lilydale line  weekday all stations services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to Blackburn
  •  Belgrave line  weekday all stations services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b "Chatham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ^ "New railway station". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  7. ^ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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Metro Trains Melbourne services and stations
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V/Line services and stations
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  • Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service