Belgrave railway station, Melbourne

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Belgrave
Station information

Code	BEG
Distance from Flinders St	41.3 km
Line	Belgrave
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Station status	Premium Station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station	Link
Google map of station	Not available
Zone location	2

West entrance to Belgrave Station

Belgrave is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Belgrave, on the Belgrave railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2. It is the terminus for the Belgrave line.

Belgrave is classed a Premium Station.

[edit] Location

The station is located at the southern end of the Belgrave-Gembrook Road overpass and between Main Street and the station's car park. The famous Puffing Billy railway is a short walk from the station, which can be accessed via an entrance at the DOWN end of the station.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of two dead end platforms, in an island format. The island platform contains a large fibro building with a waiting room and a ticket office inside. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A footbridge and stabling facilities are located at the UP end of the station.

Both platforms can be accessed via Main Street and the station's car park.

[edit] History

Belgrave station originally opened on Tuesday, 18th December 1900 as Monbulk. It was renamed to Belgrave in 1904. The station was formally one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully - Gembrook narrow gauge line, one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways until 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge.