Blackburn railway station, Melbourne

Blackburn
Eastbound view from Platform 3 in February 2013
Location	Railway Road, Blackburn Australia
Coordinates	37°49′12″S 145°09′00″E / 37.8201°S 145.1500°E / -37.8201; 145.1500Coordinates: 37°49′12″S 145°09′00″E / 37.8201°S 145.1500°E / -37.8201; 145.1500
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	18.67 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	112
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium Station
Station code	BBN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	25 December 1882
Rebuilt	1980
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Laburnum toward Flinders Street Lilydale line Nunawading toward Lilydale Belgrave line Nunawading toward Belgrave

Blackburn railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, and opened as Blackburn Creek on 25 December 1882. It was renamed Blackburn at a later date.

On 1 December 1882, the railway 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 stations. At this time, Blackburn had two platforms.

Services terminating at Blackburn began in the late 1890s, 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.

The Lilydale line was electrified as far as Box Hill on 17 December 1922. 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. Boom barriers replaced hand gates at Blackburn Road in 1970.