Mitcham railway station, Melbourne
Mitcham | |||||||||||||||
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 Eastbound view from Platform 2 in January 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Mitcham Road, Mitcham | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°49′05″S 145°11′31″E / 37.8180°S 145.1920°ECoordinates: 37°49′05″S 145°11′31″E / 37.8180°S 145.1920°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Lilydale Belgrave | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 22.47 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Below ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 700 | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | MCH | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 25 December 1882 | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2 January 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 25 January 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Mitcham railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mitcham opening on 25 December 1882.[1] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 4 April 1996.[2]
As part of the grade separation project to replace the Mitcham Road and Rooks Road level crossings, the original station closed on 2 January 2014 and was replaced by a new below ground station that opened on 25 January 2014.[3][4]
Until the 1970s a shunting yard and goods shed existed where the southern car park exists today. Tracks remained embedded in the car park surface of that time, enabling parking for the great majority of the time when trains did not use the yard.
Facilities, platforms & services
 Platform 1 building of the old station prior to demolition. |
Mitcham has two side platforms with a concourse above on ground level. The concourse features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room, toilets and a cafe. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and ramps. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[5][6]
Platforms 1:
- Lilydale line: services to Flinders Street
- Belgrave line: services to Flinders Street
Platforms 2:
- Lilydale line: services to Lilydale
- Belgrave line: services to Belgrave
Transport links
Transdev Melbourne operates three routes to and from Mitcham station:
- 270: to Box Hill station[7]
- 370: to Ringwood station[8]
- SmartBus 907: to Spencer Street City[9]
Ventura Bus Lines operate four routes to and from Mitcham station:
- 736: to Blackburn station[10]
- 738: to Westfield Knox[11]
- 740: to Vermont East[12]
- 765: to Box Hill Central Shopping Centre[13]
References
- ↑ Mitcham Vicsig
- ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society): page 310. October 1997.
- ↑ Mitcham level crossing removals VicRoads
- ↑ Mitcham Level Crossing Removals Vicsig
- ↑ Lilydale Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 270 Box Hill – Mitcham timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 370 Ringwood – Mitcham timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 907 City - Mitcham timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 736 Mitcham - Blackburn timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 738 Mitcham - Knox City timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 740 Mitcham - Vermont East timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 765 Mitcham - Box Hill timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
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