Blackburn railway station, Melbourne

Blackburn
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 3, February 2013
General information
LocationRailway Road,
Blackburn, Victoria 3130
City of Whitehorse
Australia
Coordinates37°49′12″S 145°09′00″E / 37.8201°S 145.1500°E / -37.8201; 145.1500
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance18.67 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking112
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeBBN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened25 December 1882; 141 years ago (1882-12-25)
Rebuilt5 October 1980
ElectrifiedJanuary 1923
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–20061,014,262[1]
2006–20071,109,553[1] Increase 9.39%
2007–20081,214,721[1] Increase 9.47%
2008–20091,122,865[2] Decrease 7.56%
2009–20101,236,781[2] Increase 10.14%
2010–20111,219,206[2] Decrease 1.42%
2011–20121,258,705[2] Increase 3.23%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–20141,406,269[2] Increase 11.72%
2014–20151,301,918[1] Decrease 7.42%
2015–20161,402,790[2] Increase 7.74%
2016–20171,326,409[2] Decrease 5.44%
2017–20181,440,091[2] Increase 8.57%
2018–20191,484,400[2] Increase 3.07%
2019–20201,185,100[2] Decrease 20.16%
2020–2021533,050[2] Decrease 55.02%
2021–2022607,450[3] Increase 13.95%
2022–2023777,500[4] Increase 27.99%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Laburnum
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Nunawading
towards Belgrave or Lilydale
Belgrave line
Terminus
Belgrave line
Limited Express
 Nunawading
towards Belgrave or Lilydale
Box Hill
towards Flinders Street
 Belgrave line
Express
Track layout
Legend
to Laburnum
1
3
2
to Nunawading

Blackburn railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Blackburn, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Blackburn station is a ground level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform connected by an accessible underground concourse. It opened on 25 December 1882, with the current station provided in 1980.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  5. ^ "Blackburn". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.