Canterbury railway station, Melbourne

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Canterbury

Station information
Code	CBY
Distance from Flinders St	11 km
Lines	Lilydale, Belgrave
# Platforms	3
# Tracks	3
Status	Unmanned station
Metlink profile	Link
Google map	Link
Metcard 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.

[edit] Facilities

Canterbury station is located at the southern end of the Canterbury Road rail overpass and next to Maling Road, with shops located in both Canterbury and Maling Roads. 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) contains a large fibro building, while platform 3 contains a small 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.

[edit] History

Canterbury station opened on Friday, 1st December 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

[edit] References

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