Box Hill railway station, Melbourne

Box Hill
Entrance from Box Hill Central Shopping Centre in July 2016
Location	Station Street, Box Hill Australia
Coordinates	37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E / 37.8192°S 145.1214°E / -37.8192; 145.1214Coordinates: 37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E / 37.8192°S 145.1214°E / -37.8192; 145.1214
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	16.16 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	4 (1 island, 2 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus Tram
Construction
Structure type	Built over
Parking	500
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium Station
Station code	BOX
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 December 1882
Rebuilt	1983/1985
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Mont Albert toward Flinders Street Lilydale line Laburnum toward Lilydale Belgrave line Laburnum toward Belgrave

Box Hill railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, and opened on 1 December 1882. It is located beneath the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre. In 2011/12, it was the 8th busiest station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.7 million passenger movements.

In 1882, Box Hill was a separate town, with several hundred residents. In 1895, a large market was opened next to the station. On 19 December 1922, the section from Flinders Street to Box Hill was electrified, and this was continued to Ringwood the following month.

Goods services at Box Hill ceased on 29 December 1976.

In early 1983, the current station was built, to eliminate the level crossing at Station Street. Box Hill Central Shopping Centre and the bus terminal above it were built over the top of the station, with the complex eventually completed by 1985. Platform 1 was used between 24 April 1983 and 9 June 1984, while the current station was being built, and has been retained for possible future use. The platform has no track or lighting, with a McDonald's Restaurant since built over the ramp from the station concourse.

It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1996.

During January 2007, the line was closed between Box Hill and Blackburn, to facilitate grade separation works at the Middleborough Road level crossing, near Laburnum. Buses operated between the two stations for the duration, and to cater for this, a temporary bus interchange was constructed at Box Hill. The interchange was built directly on top of the tracks, which had been paved between the rails, to the east of the station, and was connected to Platforms 2 and 3, via a raised walkway. With the completion of the project's major works at the end of January 2007, the bus interchange was removed.