Surrey Hills railway station

Surrey Hills
Closed PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 3, May 2014
General information
LocationBedford Avenue,
Surrey Hills, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates37°49′26″S 145°05′56″E / 37.8239°S 145.0990°E / -37.8239; 145.0990
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance13.84 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking350
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusDemolished, premium station
Station codeSHL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened13 August 1883 (1883-08-13)
Closed17 February 2023
Rebuilt1966
19 December 1971
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006584,899[1]
2006–2007624,194[1] Increase 6.71%
2007–2008680,472[1] Increase 9.01%
2008–2009725,658[2] Increase 6.64%
2009–2010771,549[2] Increase 6.32%
2010–2011764,161[2] Decrease 0.95%
2011–2012690,201[2] Decrease 9.67%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014822,824[2] Increase 19.21%
2014–2015779,991[1] Decrease 5.2%
2015–2016762,911[2] Decrease 2.18%
2016–2017753,815[2] Decrease 1.19%
2017–2018733,618[2] Decrease 2.67%
2018–2019725,221[2] Decrease 1.14%
2019–2020568,250[2] Decrease 21.64%
2020–2021245,900[2] Decrease 56.72%
2021–2022241,750[3] Decrease 1.68%
2022–2023175,650[3] Decrease 27.34%
Former services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Chatham
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Mont Albert
towards Lilydale or Belgrave
Belgrave line
List of closed railway stations in Melbourne
Track layout
Before station closure (February 2023)
Legend
to Chatham
Union Road
(Removed in 2023)
1
3
2
to Mont Albert

Surrey Hills railway station was a commuter railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It served the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills in Victoria, Australia. Surrey Hills was a ground level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It was located between Chatham and Mont Albert and it opened on 13 August 1883 and closed on 17 February 2023, due to the works associated with the Level Crossing Removal Project.[4]

  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. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ "Surrey Hills". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.