Surrey Hills railway station

Surrey Hills railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills opening on 13 August 1883.[2]

Surrey Hills
Eastbound view from Platform 3 in May 2014
LocationBedford Avenue, Surrey Hills
Coordinates37°49′26″S 145°05′56″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance13.84 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking350
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeSHL
Fare zoneMyki zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened13 August 1883
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2008-20090.726 million[1]
2009-20100.772 million[1]  6.34%
2010-20110.764 million[1]  1.04%
2011-20120.690 million[1]  9.69%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.823 million[1]  19.28%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Chatham
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Mont Albert
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Mont Albert
towards Belgrave

Two trains ran to Lilydale each day and five only to Box Hill. Engineers were initially unwilling to allow trains to stop at Surrey Hills claiming potential difficulties with the gradient, and also that there was not enough traffic to warrant the stop.

In April 1883 a deputation asked for Surrey Hills to be a flag station so that passengers wishing to detrain could inform the guard of this at the previous station, while those wishing to join the train could show a red flag or a red lamp at night. By August 1883 trains would stop on request. On 1 September 1883 Surrey Hills station was brought into regular service. Surrey Hills station first appeared in the Victorian Railways Working Timetable on 15 October 1883.

The double line came into use on 9 December 1888 when a second platform was provided on the north side of the line. By the 1930s a small goods yard was provided to the south of the station, in what is now a carpark. The connection to the mainline was at the Box Hill end of the station.[3] The signal box and goods yard was removed in 1966 to allow track amplification works to be carried out. The present station building was provided, and the then citybound platform converted to an island platform. Services on the third track from East Camberwell extended though the station to Box Hill in December 1971.[4]

Surrey Hills was upgraded to a Premium station in June 2001.

In 2016, two people were killed when a motor vehicle and an express down service X'Trapolis train collided at the Surrey Hills Level Crossing. Severe damage resulted to the train and the vehicle when the vehicle was dragged 150 meters before coming to a mangled rest between the station platform and train. The station underpass was also damaged. The investigation is ongoing.[5]

On 2 December 2020, it was announced that the level crossings at Union and Mont Albert Roads would be fast-tracked for removal by 2023. The project will involve the closure of both Surrey Hills and nearby Mont Albert station, with a new, premium station between the two current stations. Early construction is expected to begin in 2021.[6]

Platforms & services

Surrey Hills has one island platform (platforms 1 & 2) and a side platform (platform 3) linked by an underpass. The island platform features a large brick building which features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. Platform 3 features a small brick building. Surrey Hills is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[7][8]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Platforms 3:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Surrey Hills station:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Surrey Hills station:

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 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
  2. Surrey Hills Vicsig
  3. "Victorian Railways: East Camberwell to Box Hill diagram 5' 30". signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  4. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  5. Calligeros, Nick Toscano, Marissa (14 September 2016). "Horror crash: Car crushed after colliding with train at Surrey Hills station". The Age. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. "Surrey Hills and Mont Albert crossings removal fast-tracked | Level Crossing Removal Project". levelcrossings.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "766 Box Hill - Burwood via Surrey Hills". Public Transport Victoria.
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