Croydon railway station, Melbourne

Croydon
PTV commuter rail station
North-east bound view from Platform 2,
August 2024
General information
LocationWicklow Avenue,
Croydon, Victoria 3136
City of Maroondah
Australia
Coordinates37°47′43″S 145°16′50″E / 37.7954°S 145.2805°E / -37.7954; 145.2805
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Lilydale
Distance31.03 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking420
Bicycle facilities8
AccessibleYes, Lifts to both platforms
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeCDN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1882; 141 years ago (1882-12-01)
Rebuilt30 June 1984
12 August 2024 (LXRP)[1]
ElectrifiedNovember 1924
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesWarrandyte (1882–1884)
Passengers
2005–2006694,405[2]
2006–2007743,443[2] Increase 7.06%
2007–2008851,017[2] Increase 14.47%
2008–2009885,978[3] Increase 4.1%
2009–2010880,996[3] Decrease 0.56%
2010–2011932,083[3] Increase 5.79%
2011–2012885,015[3] Decrease 5.04%
2012–2013Not measured[3]
2013–2014821,534[3] Decrease 7.17%
2014–2015825,557[2] Increase 0.48%
2015–2016901,997[3] Increase 9.25%
2016–2017834,840[3] Decrease 7.44%
2017–2018899,751[3] Increase 7.77%
2018–2019916,319[3] Increase 1.84%
2019–2020726,050[3] Decrease 20.76%
2020–2021311,100[3] Decrease 57.15%
2021–2022327,150[4] Increase 5.15%
2022–2023492,650[4] Increase 50.58%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Ringwood East
towards Flinders Street or Ringwood
 Lilydale line Mooroolbark
towards Lilydale
Track layout
Legend
to Ringwood East
1
2
Creek
to Mooroolbark

Croydon railway station is a commuter railway station on the Lilydale line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Croydon in Victoria, Australia. Croydon is an elevated premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 December 1882, with the current station provided in 2024.[5]

Initially opened as Warrandyte, the station was given its current name of Croydon on 1 August 1884.[6]

  1. ^ "New Croydon Station opening on Monday 12 August". Victoria's Big Build. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Croydon". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2019.