Box Hill station

Box Hill railway station (station code: BOX) is on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Melbourne, Australia. It is located in the Box Hill Central (also known as Centro Box Hill) shopping centre on the corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street. It connects with a major bus terminal, which is part of the same complex, and a nearby tram route. Box Hill station is located 16.1 km from Flinders Street Station in the centre of Melbourne. Box Hill railway station, Melbourne. ... Box Hill railway station, Melbourne. ... The Lilydale railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Belgrave railway line is a broad gauge electric suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]). The... Box Hill Central in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia is a medium_sized shopping centre owned by the Centro Properties Group, who acquired it in 2000. ... Flinders Street Stations main entrance and dome. ...

The station has three platforms, with one central island platform, and a third that is used at peak times. The station has an unused (and trackless) fourth platform (platform 1), used temporarily while the current station was being built and provided for possible future use, although a McDonalds Restaurant has since opened over its entrance. Box Hill is a premium station, and as such, is staffed from first to last train. The Lilydale/Belgrave line changes from a triple to a double track at Box Hill. McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ...

The station first opened in 1882, when the railway line was extended from Camberwell to Lilydale. At the time, Box Hill was a separate town, with several hundred residents. In 1895, a large market was opened next to the station. On December 19, 1922, the section from Flinders Street to Box Hill was electrified, and this was continued to Ringwood the following month. 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses of the name Camberwell, see Camberwell (disambiguation). ... Lilydale is a railway station (station code: LIL) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Ringwood railway station is in the suburb of Ringwood. ...

In the late 1980s, the Box Hill Central shopping centre was built over the top of the station, which was first lowered into a cutting. The new station was progressively opened between 1983 and 1985. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Box Hill Central in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia is a medium_sized shopping centre owned by the Centro Properties Group, who acquired it in 2000. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Box Hill signal box (http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&section=signalboxes&box=Box%20Hill)
• Centro Box Hill (http://www.centroboxhill.com.au)
• metlink Station Information for Box Hill (http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/station_info/station_info_station_res.php?STATION=27)