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Box Hill Railway Station, Melbourne
Box Hill railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave line, Belgrave and Lilydale line, Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Box Hill, Victoria, Box Hill, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Box Hill station is a below ground premium station, featuring four platforms, an island platform with two faces and two side platforms connected by a ground level precinct. It opened on 1 December 1882, with the current station provided in 1985. The station is located underground, beneath the Box Hill Central shopping centre. East of the station, towards Lilydale railway station, Lilydale and Belgrave railway station, Belgrave, the three tracks merge into double-track railway, two. History Box Hill station opened on 1 December 1882 when the railway line from Camberwell railway station, Melbourne, Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. When the station opened, Box Hill was a separate town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport Victoria
Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of Victoria. It was previously the trading name of the Public Transport Development Authority (PTDA), a now-defunct statutory authority in Victoria, responsible for providing, coordinating, and promoting public transport. PTV began operating on 2 April 2012, taking over many of the responsibilities previously exercised by the Director of Public Transport and the Department of Transport. It also took over the marketing of public transport in Victoria from Metlink and Viclink, as well as responsibility for the myki ticketing system, formerly handled by the Transport Ticketing Authority. PTV's functions were transferred to the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) on 1 July 2019. However, PTV continues to exist as the brand for public transport services in Victoria and refers to the Public Transport division of DTP. Governance PTV was the trading name of the Public Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave Railway Line
The Belgrave line is a commuter railway line on the Melbourne metropolitan railway network serving the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, the line is coloured dark blue and is one of the four lines that constitute the Burnley group. It is the city's fourth-longest metropolitan railway line at . The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Belgrave station in the city's east, serving 31 stations via Burnley, Box Hill, Ringwood, and Upper Ferntree Gully. Beyond Belgrave, the narrow-gauge line has been restored as the Puffing Billy Railway, which runs tourist services to the original terminus of Gembrook. The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day (from approximately 5:00 am to around 12:00 am) with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hours, headways of up to 15 minutes are operated, with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours. Trains on the Belgrave line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking. The county has an area of and a population of 1,214,540. Much of the north of the county forms part of the Greater London Built-up Area, which includes the Suburb, suburbs within the M25 motorway as well as Woking (103,900), Guildford (77,057), and Leatherhead (32,522). The west of the county contains part of Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area, built-up area which includes Camberley, Farnham, and Frimley and which extends into Hampshire and Berkshire. The south of the county is rural, and its largest settlements are Horley (22,693) and Godalming (22,689). For Local government in England, local government purposes Surrey is a non-metropolitan county with eleven districts. The county historically includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, Surrey
Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately south-west of London. It is named after the ancient Buxus sempervirens, box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the River Mole. The western part of the hill is owned and managed by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust, whilst the village of Box Hill lies on higher ground to the east. The highest point is Betchworth Clump at Ordnance Datum, above OD, although the Salomons Memorial (at 172 metres) overlooking the town of Dorking is the most popular viewpoint. Box Hill is part of the Surrey Hills National Landscape and forms part of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest. The north- and south-facing slopes support an area of chalk downland, noted for its orchids and other rare plant species. The hill provides a habitat for 38 species of butterfly, and has given its name to a species of Coreidae, squash bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camberwell Railway Station, Melbourne
Camberwell railway station is a commuter railway station and the Junction (rail), junction point for the Alamein line, Alamein, Belgrave line, Belgrave and Lilydale line, Lilydale lines, which are all part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Camberwell, Victoria, Camberwell, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Camberwell station is a ground level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform connected by a Inclined plane, ramp and accessible Concourse, overground concourse. It opens on 3 April 1882, with the current station provided in 1919. History Camberwell station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line was extended from Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne, Hawthorn. It remained the terminus of the line for a few months in that year, until the railway was extended to Lilydale railway station, Lilydale. When the first section of the Outer Circle railway line, Melbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double-track Railway
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track. Overview In the earliest days of railways in the United Kingdom, most lines were built as double-track because of the difficulty of co-ordinating operations before the invention of the telegraph. The lines also tended to be busy enough to be beyond the capacity of a single track. In the early days the Board of Trade did not consider any single-track railway line to be complete. In the earliest days of railways in the United States most lines were built as single-track for reasons of cost, and very inefficient timetable working systems were used to prevent head-on collisions on single lines. This improved with the development of the telegraph and the train order system. Operation Handedness In any given country, rail traffic generally runs to one side of a double-track line, not always the same side as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave Railway Station
Belgrave railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Belgrave line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave in Victoria, Australia. Belgrave is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 18 December 1900, with the current terminus station provided in 1962. History Narrow gauge station Belgrave station originally opened on 18 December 1900 as Monbulk, and was renamed Belgrave on 21 November 1904. The station was on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line, and was located approximately where the modern station car park is situated. Following a landslide between Selby and Menzies Creek in the previous year, on 30 April 1954, the station closed, along with the rest of the line. From 9 April 1955 until 23 February 1958, the Victorian Railways resumed operations between Upper Ferntree Gully and Belgrave, which was provided under a guarantee ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilydale Railway Station
Lilydale railway station is a commuter railway station and the Terminal train station, terminus of the Lilydale line, part of the Railways in Melbourne, Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Lilydale, Victoria, Lilydale in Victoria, Australia. Lilydale is an Elevated railway, elevated premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 1 December 1882, with the current terminus station and stabling provided in 2021. Initially opened as Lillydale, spelling that matched the original township, the station was given its current name of Lilydale on the 15 May 1888. History Lilydale station opened on 1 December 1882 as an extension of the railway line from Camberwell railway station, Melbourne, Camberwell, which had been extended from Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne, Hawthorn in April of that year. The fare from Melbourne was 3s 6d (First class travel, first class) and 2s 6d (second class), and a letter-writer to ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill Central
Box Hill Central is a regional shopping centre complex and public transport hub located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, Australia. It is made up of two separate centres, Box Hill Central South and Box Hill Central North. The centre is approximately east of the Melbourne central business district. With over of leasable area, the centre features the largest concentration of retail space in Box Hill, one of nine designated Metropolitan Activity Centres in Melbourne that are centralised hubs of employment, services and housing. After years of consolidating nearby property holdings, Box Hill Central is currently undergoing a major expansion as part of a 10 year masterplan scheduled to be fully completed by 2030. History Background The rapid expansion of Melbourne's suburbs following the Second World War caused significant population increases in the eastern parts of the metropolitan area. Box Hill, previously a separate town, became more connected to the rest of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are sometimes used between the opposite-direction tracks on twin-track route stations as they are cheaper and occupy less area than other arrangements. They are also useful within larger stations, where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be accessed from opposite sides of the same platform instead of side platforms on either side of the tracks, simplifying and speeding transfers between the two tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms on twin-track routes is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
