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
Location	Mitcham Road, Mitcham
Coordinates	37°49′05″S 145°11′31″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	22.47 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	700
Bicycle facilities	22
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	MCH
Fare zone	Myki zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	25 December 1882
Closed	2 January 2014
Rebuilt	25 January 2014
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009)	1.130 million[1]
Passengers (2009-2010)	1.095 million[1]  3.1%
Passengers (2010-2011)	1.185 million[1]  8.22%
Passengers (2011-2012)	1.121 million[1]  5.4%
Passengers (2012-2013)	Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013-2014)	0.935 million[1]  16.59%
Passengers (2014-2015)	1.139 million  21.81%
Passengers (2015-2016)	1.339 million  17.6%
Passengers (2016-2017)	1.058 million  7.1%
Passengers (2017-2018)	1.208 million  14.2%
Passengers (2018-2019)	1.241 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:

• Lilydale line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
• Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platforms 2:

• Lilydale line: all stations services to Lilydale
• Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Belgrave

Transport links

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

• 270: to Box Hill station[9]
• 370: to Ringwood station[10]
•  SmartBus  907: to Lonsdale Street City[11]

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

• 736: to Blackburn station[12]
• 738: to Westfield Knox[13]
• 740: to Vermont East[14]
• 765: to Box Hill Station[15]

References

1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original 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.

External links

• Media related to Mitcham railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au