Canterbury railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Canterbury
IMAGELINK=Canterbury-station-platform.jpg
CAPTION=Platform 3 looking towards platform 1/2 and Box Hill
CODE=CBY
DISTANCE=11 km
LINES=Lilydale,
Belgrave
PLATFORMS=3
TRACKS=3
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19893 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19893#lineInformation Link]

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=-37.82448,145.081244&spn=0.012559,0.019956 Link]
ZONE=1 & 2 overlap

Canterbury is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Canterbury on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines. The station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.

Facilities

Canterbury station is located at the southern end of the Canterbury Road rail overpass and next to Maling Road, with station access from both.

The station consists of three elevated platforms, two in an island format. Both sets of platforms - including the supports - are made completely out of concrete, which is unusual. The island platform (platforms 1 & 2) has a large fibro building, while platform 3 has a smaller fibro building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platforms 1 & 2, and is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accepts notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 3.

History

Canterbury station opened on December 1 1882. In the 1930s a crossover was provided at the Melbourne end of the station, and a signal box provided to work the level crossing. [cite web
url=http://signaldiagramsandphotos.com/My%20Web%20pages/VR/Metropolitan/EAST%20CAMBERWELL%20to%20BOX%20HILL%205%20'30.htm
title=Victorian Railways: East Camberwell to Box Hill diagram 5' 30
publisher=signaldiagramsandphotos.com
accessdate=2008-03-11] Work on the grade separation of the Canterbury Road level crossing commenced in early 1966, and was completed on September 15, 1968. The works involved the use of temporary track to keep trains running, and raising the station 6 metres. Services on the third track from East Camberwell was extended though the station to Box Hill in 1971.cite book
last = S.E. Doorman and R.G. Henderson
title = Electric Railways of Victoria
publisher = Australian Electric Traction Society
page = page 80
year = 1979
isbn = 0 909459 06 1 ]

The station was one of four used for the first trials of the myki ticketing system on the rail network, carried out in August 2008 by Kamco staff. The other stations were East Camberwell, Chatham and Mont Albert stations. [cite web
url=http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24147118-15306,00.html
title=Myki smartcard put to test
work=Australian IT
author=Ashley Gardiner
date=August 08, 2008
publisher=www.australianit.news.com.au
accessdate=2008-08-18]

References

MelbourneStations
Line=Lilydale & Belgrave lines
Here=Canterbury
Previous=East Camberwell
Next=Chatham