Chatham railway station, Melbourne

Track layout
	Legend

Chatham
Chatham
PTV commuter rail station
	Westbound view from Platform 3, May 2014
General information
Location	Stanley Terrace,; Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127; City of Boroondara ; Australia
Coordinates	37°49′27″S145°05′19″E / 37.8242°S 145.0887°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale ; Belgrave ;
Distance	12.98 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	10
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	CHM
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 April 1927;97 years ago
Rebuilt	19 December 1971
Electrified	December 1922; (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	176,321

Last updated June 21, 2024

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Canterbury towards Flinders Street		Lilydale line		Union towards Lilydale
Canterbury towards Flinders Street		Belgrave line		Union towards Belgrave

Former services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Canterbury towards Flinders Street		Lilydale line		Surrey Hills towards Lilydale or Belgrave
Canterbury towards Flinders Street		Belgrave line		Surrey Hills towards Lilydale or Belgrave

Chatham railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills in Victoria, Australia. Chatham is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 April 1927, with the current station provided in 1971.^[4]

History

Chatham station opened on 1 April 1927,^[4] and was named after nearby Chatham Road.^[5]

The station originally opened with the current island platform only. In December 1971, Platform 3 was provided when services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended through the station to Box Hill.^[6]

Platforms and services

Chatham has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. Platforms 1 and 2 (island platform) has a large red brick building, while the non-aligned Platform 3 features a small weatherboard shelter. All three platforms are linked by an underpass.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.^[7]^[8]

Platform 1:

Lilydale line all stations limited express services to Flinders Street
Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Lilydale line all stations services to Lilydale
Belgrave line all stations services to Belgrave

Platform 3:

Lilydale line weekday all stations services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to Blackburn
Belgrave line weekday all stations services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn

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References

1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
1 2 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
1 2 "Chatham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
↑ "New railway station". The Age . Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
↑ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.

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[patronage2005-2015-1] 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport

[patronage2008-2021-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis

[patronage2021-2022-3] 1 2 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic

[vicsigchatham-4] 1 2 "Chatham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[5] "New railway station". The Age . Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.

[6] SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.

[7] "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.

[8] "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.

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