Lilydale railway station

Lilydale
Lilydale railway station platform in March 2015
Location	Maroondah Highway, Lilydale
Coordinates	37°45′20″S 145°20′51″E / 37.75557°S 145.34756°E / -37.75557; 145.34756Coordinates: 37°45′20″S 145°20′51″E / 37.75557°S 145.34756°E / -37.75557; 145.34756
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Lilydale
Distance	39.07 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	660
Bicycle facilities	12
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	LIL
Fare zone	Myki zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 December 1882
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Mooroolbark toward Flinders Street Lilydale line Terminus

Lilydale railway station is the terminus of the Lilydale line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Lilydale opening on 1 December 1882. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 31 July 1996.

The station has an enclosed waiting area, which also contains former refreshment rooms which are opened by the Victorian Railway Institute on Friday afternoons and evenings. Stabling facilities are situated at the north-eastern end of the station.

Until it was truncated at Lilydale in 1980, the line continued to Healesville. The line between Yarra Glen and Healesville is now used by the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway. The track from Lilydale to Yarra Glen, including Coldstream and Yering is now disused. The Yarra Valley Tourist railway originally leased the entire line. However, they discontinued their lease on the section from Lilydale to Yarra Glen, because of the bad condition of the bridges in that section. However, there are hopes to eventually restore the entire line.

Also branching off at Lilydale was the Warburton line. It opened in 1901, and closed on 1 August 1965. The track was removed in the early 1970s, as was the bridge over the Maroondah Highway. Most of the right-of-way is still intact, and has been turned into the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail. The exception to this is the part of the line approximately 800 metres beyond where it branched off at Lilydale. Mount Lilydale Mercy College currently leases this part of the line, which runs through its property. This is the only part of the line that is currently obstructed. Boom barriers replaced hand gates at Maroondah Highway in 1985.