Burnley railway station

Burnley
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 3, May 2014
General information
Location	Burnley Street, Burnley, Victoria 3121 City of Yarra Australia
Coordinates	37°49′39″S 145°00′24″E / 37.82743°S 145.00657°E / -37.82743; 145.00657
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein[a] Glen Waverley
Distance	5.33 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	BLY
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 May 1880; 144 years ago (1880-05-01)
Electrified	December 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Burnley Street (1880–1882)
Passengers
2005–2006	660,765[1]
2006–2007	716,396[1]  8.41%
2007–2008	790,319[1]  10.31%
2008–2009	835,919[2]  5.76%
2009–2010	872,310[2]  4.35%
2010–2011	927,393[2]  6.31%
2011–2012	841,847[2]  9.22%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	722,791[2]  14.14%
2014–2015	712,753[1]  1.38%
2015–2016	732,967[2]  2.83%
2016–2017	791,201[2]  7.94%
2017–2018	784,937[2]  0.79%
2018–2019	865,300[2]  10.24%
2019–2020	633,700[2]  26.76%
2020–2021	303,500[2]  52.1%
2021–2022	455,750[3]  50.16%
2022–2023	709,000[3]  55.57%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station East Richmond towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Hawthorn towards Lilydale Belgrave line Hawthorn towards Belgrave Alamein line Weekday peak only Hawthorn towards Alamein Glen Waverley line Heyington towards Glen Waverley
Track layout Legend to East Richmond 1 3 2 4 to Heyington to Hawthorn

Burnley railway station is a commuter railway station and the junction point for the Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein and Glen Waverley lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Burnley in Victoria, Australia. Burnley is a ground level premium station, featuring four platforms, two island platforms with two faces connected by an accessible underground concourse. It opened on 1 May 1880.

Initially opened as Burnley Street, the station was given its current name of Burnley on 1 September 1882.^[4] Train stabling facilities are located at the eastern (down) end of the station, adjacent to the Glen Waverley line, while an additional, rarely-used siding is located at the western (Up) end.

Burnley station opened on 1 May 1880, like the suburb itself, was named after William Burnley, a local land purchaser and, between 1853–1856, was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the district of North Bourke.^[5][6]

In August 1943, as part of the Ashworth Improvement Plan, a flyover was constructed to the east of the station, to allow Glen Waverley line services to cross over the Hawthorn-bound line.^[7]

In 1963, the Madden Grove level crossing, located nearby in the down direction on the Glen Waverley line, was provided, replacing an earlier level crossing.^[8] In 1966, the signal box was rebuilt, the Burnley Street level crossing was grade-separated and the line towards Richmond expanded to quadruple track. In 1972, the third track to Hawthorn was commissioned.^[9] On 24 October 1997, the stabling facility was provided, as part of the closure and replacement of Jolimont Yard.^[10] As part of this facility, a crossover was provided at the up end of the level crossing.^[4]

On 19 December 2008, Burnley was upgraded to a premium station.^[4][11] On 30 November 2017, the signal box was abolished, with control transferred to Metrol.^[12]

Burnley has two island platforms. The southern island platform (Platforms 1 and 2) includes a large building, which includes a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. On weekdays, the majority of services to Lilydale and Belgrave don't stop at Burnley, as these operate express to other stations. Most services from Burnley usually only operate as far as Blackburn or Ringwood.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein and Glen Waverley line services.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Platform 1:

•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Glen Waverley line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 3:

•  Lilydale line  off-peak and weekend all stations services to Lilydale; all stations services to Blackburn
•  Belgrave line  off-peak and weekend all stations services to Belgrave; all stations services to Blackburn
•  Glen Waverley line  weekday peak-hour all stations services to Glen Waverley

Platform 4:

•  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Alamein
•  Lilydale line  all stations services to Blackburn
•  Belgrave line  all stations services to Blackburn
•  Glen Waverley line  off-peak all stations services to Glen Waverley

Yarra Trams operates one route via Burnley station:

• : Docklands (Waterfront City) – Wattle Park^[17]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Burnley station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  603 : Brighton Beach Station

Media related to Burnley railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au