Mont Albert railway station
Mont Albert railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert, opening on 11 August 1890.[1]
Mont Albert | |||||||||||||||
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 Westbound view, towards Flinders Street, in January 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Churchill Street, Mont Albert | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°49′10″S 145°06′20″E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lilydale Belgrave | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 14.63 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 30 | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | MAB | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 August 1890 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Track amplification works resulted in the Box Hill bound platform being rebuilt and converted to an island platform in the 1960s.[2] Services on the third track from East Camberwell extended though the station to Box Hill in December 1971.[3]
Platforms & services
Mont Albert has one island platform (platforms 2 & 3) and one side platform (platform 1), linked by an underpass. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[4][5]
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 services to Belgrave
Platforms 3:
- Lilydale line: weekday all stations services to Lilydale
- Belgrave line: weekday all stations services to Belgrave
- Lilydale line & Belgrave line: weekday all stations services to Blackburn
Gallery
Eastbound view from Platform 2 in May 2014
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References
- Mont Albert Vicsig
- "Victorian Railways: East Camberwell to Box Hill diagram 5' 30". signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- 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.
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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