Canterbury railway station, Melbourne

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Canterbury
PTV commuter rail station
Canberbury Railway Station.jpg
Eastbound view from Platform 3 in May 2014
General information
Location Canterbury Road,
Canterbury, Victoria 3126
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates 37°49′28″S145°04′53″E / 37.8245°S 145.0815°E / -37.8245; 145.0815
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance12.21 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking125
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo — steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeCBY
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1882;141 years ago (1882-12-01)
Rebuilt15 September 1968
19 December 1971
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006282,931 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
East Camberwell
towards Flinders Street
Lilydale line Chatham
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Chatham
towards Belgrave

Canterbury railway station is located on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Canterbury, and it opened on 1 December 1882. [4]

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History

Canterbury station opened on 1 December 1882, when the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Viscount Canterbury, Governor of Victoria between 1866 and 1873. [5] [6]

In the 1930s, a crossover was provided at the southern (up) end of the station, and a signal box provided to work the interlocked level crossing gates. [7]

In early 1966, work on the grade separation of the Canterbury Road level crossing commenced. To facilitate construction, the interlocked gates were replaced with boom barriers, and the signal box was abolished. [4] On 15 September 1968, the current station opened, with all works completed by December of that year. [4] The works involved raising the station six metres, and the use of a temporary track to keep services operating. In December 1971, services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended though the station to Box Hill. [8]

Platforms and services

Canterbury has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave and Lilydale line services. [9] [10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route via Canterbury station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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