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Blackburn railway station, Melbourne

{{Short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = Blackburn

| type = PTV commuter rail station

| style = Melbourne

| image = Blackburn station.jpg

| caption = Eastbound view from Platform 3, February 2013

| address = Railway Road,
Blackburn, Victoria 3130

| borough = City of Whitehorse

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{Coord|-37.8201|145.1500|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}

| distance = 18.67 kilometres from
Southern Cross

| line = {{plainlist|

  • {{rcb|Melbourne|Lilydale|croute}}
  • {{rcb|Melbourne|Belgrave|croute}}

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| other = {{rint|victoria|met bus|link=List of bus routes in Melbourne}} Bus

| structure = Ground

| platform = 3 (1 island, 1 side)

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 3

| parking = 112

| bicycle = Yes

| opened = {{start date and age|1882|12|25|df=y}}

| closed =

| rebuilt = 5 October 1980

| electrified = January 1923
(1500 V DC overhead)

| accessible = Yes—step free access

| code = BBN

| owned = VicTrack

| operator = Metro Trains

| zone = Myki Zone 2

| status = Operational, premium station

| former =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,014,262[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417090904/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view |date=17 April 2022 }} Department of Transport|pass_year = 2005–2006}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,109,553|pass_year = 2006–2007|pass_percent = 9.39}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,214,721|pass_year = 2007–2008|pass_percent = 9.47}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,122,865[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217132046/https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ |date=17 December 2022 }} Philip Mallis|pass_year = 2008–2009|pass_percent = -7.56}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,236,781|pass_year = 2009–2010|pass_percent = 10.14}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,219,206|pass_year = 2010–2011|pass_percent = -1.42}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,258,705|pass_year = 2011–2012|pass_percent = 3.23}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured|pass_year = 2012–2013}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,406,269|pass_year = 2013–2014|pass_percent = 11.72}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,301,918|pass_year = 2014–2015|pass_percent = -7.42}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,402,790|pass_year = 2015–2016|pass_percent = 7.74}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,326,409|pass_year = 2016–2017|pass_percent = -5.44}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,440,091|pass_year = 2017–2018|pass_percent = 8.57}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,484,400|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = 3.07}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,185,100|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -20.16}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 533,050|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -55.02}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 607,450[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306190204/https://discover.data.vic.gov.au//dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries |date=6 March 2023 }} Data Vic|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 13.95}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 777,500[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] Data Vic|pass_year = 2022–2023|pass_percent = 27.99}}

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|line3=Belgrave|left3=Laburnum

|line4=Belgrave|left4=Laburnum|right4=Nunawading|to-right4=Belgrave or Lilydale|note-mid4=Limited Express

|line5=Belgrave|left5=Box Hill|right5=Nunawading|to-right5=Belgrave or Lilydale|note-mid5=Express

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| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1023 Public Transport Victoria]

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Blackburn 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 Blackburn, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Blackburn station is a ground level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform connected by an accessible underground concourse. It opened on 25 December 1882, with the current station provided in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Blackburn|title=Blackburn|website=vicsig.net|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=21 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221100715/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Blackburn|url-status=live}}

History

On 1 December 1882, the railway line from Melbourne to Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. At this time, the Lilydale line had only a single track, and used a token-based system of signalling. On 12 August 1889, Blackburn was designated a 'crossing station', meaning that it had a loop line to allow trains to pass each other. In December 1891, a second track was added to the section of the Lilydale line, between Box Hill and Ringwood. At this time, Blackburn had two platforms.

In the late 1890s, services terminating at Blackburn began, due to the large number of passengers visiting the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary. However, there were relatively few trains passing through Blackburn; around two trains per hour in 1901.

On 17 December 1922, the Lilydale line was electrified as far as Box Hill. By the end of January 1923, electrification had proceeded past Blackburn, as far as Ringwood.

Automatic signalling, which had reached Box Hill in 1929, was finally extended to Blackburn on 13 July 1958. However, automatic signalling was not installed between Blackburn and Mitcham until 13 November 1960. In 1970, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Blackburn Road level crossing, which was located nearby in the down direction of the station.{{cite web|url=http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/T1998.PDF|title=SRS Showday Tour Notes Box Hill – Lilydale & Belgrave 3 November 1998|website=VR History by Andrew Waugh|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928045338/http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/T1998.PDF|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|date=January 1990|title=Level Crossing Protection|author=John Sinnatt|magazine=Somersault|publisher=Signalling Record Society Victoria|pages=9–17}}

By October 1977, the goods yard was closed to traffic. In 1980, the goods siding was removed and the old station was demolished (although part of the south platform building remains). It was replaced with a three-platform station, so trains could terminate while Box Hill was being rebuilt. A new ramp from the old pedestrian underpass now provides pedestrian access to the central island platform. Victorian Railways' plan in the late 1970s was to add the third track to the south, but Nunawading Council objected.

On 4 June 1996, Blackburn was upgraded to a premium station.{{cite magazine|date=October 1997|title=Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|pages=303–315}} By 2001, all services that formerly terminated at Box Hill had been extended to Blackburn.

In late 2006 and early 2007, grade separation works at the Middleborough Road level crossing, near Laburnum, led to the closure of the line between Box Hill and Blackburn, and the construction of a temporary bus interchange at the station for buses which replaced train services. The car-park immediately to the north of Platform 3 was converted into an interchange, and a walkway was constructed to allow passengers to cross from the island platform to the interchange.{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/projects/mrp|title=Middleborough Road Project|website=vicsig.net|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319133738/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/projects/mrp|url-status=live}} In early 2010, Blackburn again performed this role, when grade separation was undertaken at Springvale Road and Nunawading was rebuilt,{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/projects/srra|title=Springvale Road Rail Project|website=vicsig.net|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=1 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501044302/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/projects/srra|url-status=live}} and again in 2014, when Mitcham Road and Rooks Road at Mitcham were separated.{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/projects/mlcr|title=Mitcham Level Crossing Removals|website=vicsig.net|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206120117/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/projects/mlcr|url-status=live}}

In May 2014, the Victorian State Government announced a grade separation project to replace the nearby Blackburn Road level crossing, with a completion date of 2017.[http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/9804-three-more-notorious-level-crossings-to-be-removed.html Three more notorious level crossings to be removed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802033451/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/9804-three-more-notorious-level-crossings-to-be-removed.html |date=2 August 2014 }} Premier of Victoria 2 May 2014 The project was a part of the Level Crossing Removal Project. In early 2016, construction commenced and, during late 2016-early 2017, a major shutdown of the line and Blackburn Road occurred, enabling the removal of the level crossing.{{cite web |url=http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/crossings/blackburn |title=Level Crossing Removal: BLACKBURN ROAD, BLACKBURN |accessdate=26 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221115413/http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/crossings/blackburn |archive-date=21 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}[https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/planning-and-projects/melbourne-road-projects/blackburn-road-blackburn-level-crossing-removal Blackburn Road, Blackburn level crossing removal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913162025/https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/planning-and-projects/melbourne-road-projects/blackburn-road-blackburn-level-crossing-removal |date=13 September 2015 }} Vicroads – planned works In early February 2017, Blackburn Road and the railway line reopened. The project also included two new lift shafts from the island platform to the underpass, and to nearby Railway Road. In July of that year, the entire project works were completed.{{cite web|title=On the home stretch – LXRA Blackburn|url=https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/media/publications/blackburn-road-community-update-may-2017|accessdate=29 June 2020|language=english|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629214041/https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/media/publications/blackburn-road-community-update-may-2017|url-status=live}} Also occurring in that year, the former signal box at the station was abolished, with control transferred to Ringwood.{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&box=Blackburn|title=Blackburn Signal Box (BBN)|website=vicsig.net|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009193436/https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&box=Blackburn|url-status=live}}

Platforms, facilities and services

Blackburn has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. The island platform features a ticket office and toilets.

Platform 3 is only used on weekdays during peak hours (when trains are terminating on Platform 2). This typically occurs from early morning; 7am-12:30pm, and mid afternoon; 3:30–6:30pm.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.{{cite PTV route|Lilydale|mode=train}}{{cite PTV route|Belgrave|mode=train}}

Platform 1:

  • {{RouteBox|Lilydale line|Lilydale line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Lilydale}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
  • {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

  • {{RouteBox|Lilydale line|Lilydale line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Lilydale}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
  • {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
  • {{RouteBox|Lilydale line|Lilydale line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Lilydale}}|white}} all stations services to Lilydale
  • {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Belgrave

Platform 3: (Weekdays only)

  • {{RouteBox|Lilydale line|Lilydale line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Lilydale}}|white}} all stations services to Lilydale
  • {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Belgrave

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates three bus routes via Blackburn station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes via Blackburn station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  • SmartBus {{color box|ed0277|703|white}}: to Middle Brighton station{{cite PTV route|703}}
  • {{color box|a62772|736|white}}: to Mitcham station{{cite PTV route|736}}
  • {{color box|f68b1f|765|white}}: Mitcham station – Box Hill station{{cite PTV route|765}}

References

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External links

  • {{Commons category-inline|Blackburn railway station, Melbourne}}
  • [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd3/map.php?x=145.1502765125521&y=-37.82033123048416&l=13&mt=4 Melway map]

{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations|Belgrave=y|Lilydale=y|state=collapsed}}

Category:Premium Melbourne railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1882

Category:Railway stations in the City of Whitehorse