Mitcham railway station, Melbourne

Mitcham Railway Station is a railway station located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mitcham, and opened on 25 December 1882.[2] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 4 April 1996.[3]

Mitcham
Westbound view from Platform 1 in January 2014
LocationMitcham Road, Mitcham
Coordinates37°49′05″S 145°11′31″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance22.47 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking700
Bicycle facilities22
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeMCH
Fare zoneMyki zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened25 December 1882
Closed2 January 2014
Rebuilt25 January 2014
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2008-20091.130 million[1]
2009-20101.095 million[1]  3.1%
2010-20111.185 million[1]  8.22%
2011-20121.121 million[1]  5.4%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.935 million[1]  16.59%
2014-20151.139 million  21.81%
2015-20161.339 million  17.6%
2016-20171.058 million  7.1%
2017-20181.208 million  14.2%
2018-20191.241 million  2.73%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Nunawading
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Heatherdale
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Heatherdale
towards Belgrave

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.[4][5]

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. In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, either for occasional, monthly or quarterly hire.[6]

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, lifts and ramps. The station is served by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line trains.[7][8]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Transdev Melbourne operates three routes to and from Mitcham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operate four routes to and from Mitcham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from )
  2. Mitcham Vicsig
  3. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  4. Mitcham level crossing removals Archived 25 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine VicRoads
  5. Mitcham Level Crossing Removals Vicsig
  6. Network, Railways of Australia, September 1979, Vol.16 No.7 p.28
  7. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "270 Box Hill - Mitcham via Blackburn North". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "370 Mitcham - Ringwood via Ringwood North". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "907 City - Mitcham via Doncaster Rd (SMARTBUS service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "736 Mitcham - Blackburn via Vermont South & Glen Waverley & Forest Hill". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "738 Mitcham - Knox City via Knox Private Hospital & Wantirna Secondary College". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "740 Mitcham - Vermont East via Reserve Avenue & Churinga Avenue". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "765 Mitcham - Box Hill via Brentford Square & Forest Hill & Blackburn". Public Transport Victoria.
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