Box Hill railway station, Melbourne

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.

In 1971, the current centre line between East Camberwell and Box Hill stations was provided.[3] It was also in 1971 that the overpass over Elgar Road, located in the Up direction of the station, was opened, replacing a level crossing.[3]

Goods services at Box Hill ceased on 29 December 1976.[4]

In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, either for occasional, monthly or quarterly hire.[5]

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.[3] Platform 1 was used between 24 April 1983 and 9 June 1984,[3] 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.[6]

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.[7] With the completion of the project's major works at the end of January 2007, the bus interchange was removed.

In 2017/2018, it was the tenth-busiest station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, as well as being the busiest non-interchange station outside of Melbourne's CBD, with 3.254 million passenger movements.[2]

Box Hill will be the northern terminus of stage one of the Suburban Rail Loop project.[8] Construction is set to begin in 2022, and the project is scheduled to be completed by 2032. This will connect Box Hill to the Frankston, Pakenham, Cranbourne and Glen Waverley lines, as well as other new intermediate stations. Stage two of the project will involve the line extending northwards to Doncaster, and eventually to Bundoora, Reservoir, Fawkner, Broadmeadows, Melbourne Airport, Sunshine and Werribee.

Box Hill has one island platform with two faces and two side platforms, however Platform 1 is not in use. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[9][10]

Platform 1:

• Unused and has no track, with a McDonald's Restaurant built over its entrance.

Platform 2:

•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 3:

•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Belgrave
•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 4:

•  Lilydale line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
•  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn

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  Frederick McCubbin's 1887 painting Morning Train shows a train leaving Box Hill station
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  Entrance from Box Hill Central Shopping Centre in July 2004
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  Ventura buses at the bus interchange in January 2013
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  Entrance from Box Hill Central Shopping Centre in July 2016
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  Eastern side of the bus interchange in September 2017

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