Camberwell railway station, Melbourne

Camberwell
Eastbound view in July 2008
Location	Burke Road, Camberwell
Coordinates	37°49′35″S 145°03′31″E / 37.8265°S 145.0587°E / -37.8265; 145.0587Coordinates: 37°49′35″S 145°03′31″E / 37.8265°S 145.0587°E / -37.8265; 145.0587
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein
Distance	10.21 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	CAM
Fare zone	Myki zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	3 April 1882
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Auburn toward Flinders Street Lilydale line East Camberwell toward Lilydale Belgrave line East Camberwell toward Belgrave Alamein line Riversdale toward Alamein

Camberwell railway station is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, opening on 3 April 1882.

It was the terminus of its own line for a few months, until the railway was extended to Lilydale. When the first section of the Outer Circle line opened in 1891, a new station was built at East Camberwell to provide an interchange. However, the Outer Circle line quickly failed, with a number of sections closing, and, until by 1898, only the Ashburton line remained (later extended to Alamein), and trains for Ashburton began to depart from Camberwell.

The station was demolished, and the current Edwardian style station opened in 1919, when the railway lines were placed in a cutting. This was done partly to remove the steep gradient from Auburn, to the west. This length of track was so steep that steam locomotives could not pull a fully laden train between the two stations, requiring peak hour trains to be separated. The locomotive would bring one set of carriages to Camberwell, then return for the other set, causing significant delays.

The signal box at Camberwell was the first one in Victoria to have push-button signalling installed, the new technology being commissioned in November 1964. Immediately east of the station the, Alamein line diverges south, with a flyover carrying the southbound line over the Lilydale and Belgrave lines.

It was upgraded to a Premium station on 27 April 1996. In 1997, four stabling sidings were built on the site of the former goods yard. They were built to replace sidings removed at Jolimont Yard. The stabling sidings were first proposed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (The Met) in the mid 1980s.