Chatham railway station, Melbourne

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Chatham
Station information

Code	CHM
Distance from Flinders St	11.7 km
Lines	Lilydale, Belgrave
# Platforms	3
# Tracks	3
Status	Unmanned station
Metlink profile	Link
Google map	Link
Metcard Zone	1 & 2 overlap

Chatham is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Surrey Hills on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines. Chatham station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.

[edit] Facilities

The station is located between Stanley Terrance and Kingston Road, and consists of three platforms, two in an island format. Platforms 1 & 2 are an island platform with a large red brick building and have a reasonable roof-sheltered open area. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance gates to platforms, which is able to dispense most ticketing options and also accept credit cards, notes and coins. Platform 1 carries city-bound trains only. Platform 2 carries city bound trains in the morning, and outbound trains in the afternoon. Platform 3 has a small sheltered waiting area at the platform entry gate. It is offset from the island platform. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance gate. Platform 3 carries outbound trains only. A subway is located underneath the station, allowing access to all platforms from both Stanley Terrance and Kingston Road.

[edit] History

Chatham station opened on Friday, 1st April 1927, with the current island platform only. Platform 3 was provided in the 1970s,^[1] with services on the third track from East Camberwell extended though the station to Box Hill in 1971.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Victorian Railways: East Camberwell to Box Hill diagram 5' 30. signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ S.E. Doorman and R.G. Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society, page 80. ISBN 0 909459 06 1.