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Chatham railway station, Melbourne

Chatham 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 Surrey Hills, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Chatham station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 April 1927, with the current station provided in 1971.[4]

Chatham
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 2, December 2018
General information
LocationStanley Terrace,
Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates37°49′27″S 145°05′19″E / 37.8242°S 145.0887°E / -37.8242; 145.0887
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance12.98 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking10
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeCHM
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 April 1927; 97 years ago (1927-04-01)
Rebuilt19 December 1971
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006176,321[1]
2006–2007200,826[1] Increase 13.89%
2007–2008233,167[1] Increase 16.1%
2008–2009247,765[2] Increase 6.26%
2009–2010239,410[2] Decrease 3.37%
2010–2011242,164[2] Increase 1.15%
2011–2012220,773[2] Decrease 8.83%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014236,690[2] Increase 7.2%
2014–2015234,592[1] Decrease 0.88%
2015–2016250,161[2] Increase 6.63%
2016–2017239,167[2] Decrease 4.39%
2017–2018239,338[2] Increase 0.071%
2018–2019246,350[2] Increase 2.92%
2019–2020196,950[2] Decrease 20.05%
2020–202180,050[2] Decrease 59.35%
2021–202295,650[3] Increase 19.48%
2022–2023104,900[3] Increase 9.67%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Canterbury
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Union
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Union
towards Belgrave
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line open   Lilydale line   Surrey Hills
  Belgrave line  
Track layout
Legend
to Canterbury
1
3
2
to Union

History

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Chatham station opened on 1 April 1927,[4] and was named after nearby Chatham Road.[5]

The station originally opened with the current island platform only. In December 1971, Platform 3 was provided when services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended through the station to Box Hill.[6]

Platforms and services

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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.[7][8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 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
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    Westbound view from Platform 3, May 2014
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    The station's southern entrance, February 2017
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    Westbound view from Platform 2, December 2018

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 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 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b "Chatham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ^ "New railway station". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 30 March 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  7. ^ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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