Chatham railway station, Melbourne

Chatham railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills, and it opened on 1 April 1927.[1]

Chatham
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 3 in May 2014
General information
LocationStanley Terrace,
Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates37°49′27″S 145°05′19″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance12.95 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking10
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeCHM
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 April 1927 (1927-04-01)
Rebuilt19 December 1971
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1922)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Canterbury
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Surrey Hills
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Surrey Hills
towards Belgrave
Track layout
to Canterbury
1
3
2
to Surrey Hills

The station originally opened with the current island platform only. Platform 3 was built when services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended through the station to Box Hill in December 1971.[2]

The station gets its name from nearby Chatham Road.[3]

Platforms and services

Chatham has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. Platforms 1 and 2 (island platform) has a large red brick building, while the non-aligned Platform 3 features a small weatherboard shelter. All three platforms are linked by an underpass.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[4][5]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Platforms 3:

  •  Lilydale line  weekday all stations services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to Blackburn
  •  Belgrave line  weekday all stations services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn

References
  1. Chatham Vicsig
  2. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  3. "New railway station". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  5. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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