Chatham railway station, Melbourne

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Chatham
PTV commuter rail station
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Eastbound view from Platform 2, December 2018
General information
LocationStanley Terrace,
Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates 37°49′27″S145°05′19″E / 37.8242°S 145.0887°E / -37.8242; 145.0887
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance12.98 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking10
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeCHM
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 April 1927;98 years ago (1927-04-01)
Rebuilt19 December 1971
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006176,321 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Canterbury Lilydale line Union
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Union
towards Belgrave
Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Line open  Lilydale line   Surrey Hills
  Belgrave line  
Track layout
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Chatham railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Surrey Hills, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Chatham station 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]

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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:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  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
  3. 1 2 3 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Transport Victoria
  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.