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Belgrave
Railways in Melbourne
Belgrave station, the terminus of the Belgrave line, which provides an interchange with heritage railway Puffing Billy.
Overview
Service typeCommuter rail
SystemMelbourne railway network
StatusOperational
LocaleMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
First service4 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-04)
Current operator(s)Metro Trains
Former operator(s)
Route
TerminiFlinders Street
Belgrave
Stops31 (including City Loop stations)
Distance travelled41.386 km (25.716 mi)
Average journey time1 hour 5 minutes (not via City Loop)
Technical
Rolling stockX'Trapolis 100
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification1500 V DC overhead
Track owner(s)VicTrack

The Belgrave line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's fourth longest metropolitan railway line at 41.8 kilometres (26.0 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Belgrave station in the east, serving 31 stations via Burnley, Box Hill, Ringwood, and Upper Ferntree Gully.[2] 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 hour, headways of up to 10 minutes are operated with services every 15-30 minutes during off-peak hours.[3] Trains on the Belgrave line run with a two three-car formations of X'Trapolis 100 trainsets.[4]

Sections of the Belgrave line opened as early as 1889, with the line fully extended and re-gauged to Belgrave by 1962. The line was built to connect Melbourne and Ringwood with the rural towns of Bayswater, Boronia, Upper Ferntree Gully, and Belgrave, amongst others.

Since the 2010s, due to the heavily utilised infrastructure of the Belgrave line, significant improvements and upgrades have been made. Different packages of works have upgraded the corridor to replace sleepers, upgrading signalling technology, the introduction of new rolling stock, and the removal 7 out of the 9 remaining level crossings.[5]

History

19th century

A rail branch was constructed from Ringwood to Upper Ferntree Gully in December 1889. A narrow-gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) line was opened from Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook station in December 1900, the second of four experimental narrow-gauge lines built by the Victorian Railways.[6] These two lines would become joined and standardised to form the Belgrave railway line in the 20th century.

20th century

In 1921, the narrow-gauge section from Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave was converted to automatic signalling, the first such instance on single track in the Southern Hemisphere.[7] This section was then reverted to Staff and Ticket safeworking in 1930. Electrification of the railway to Upper Ferntree Gully was implemented in November 1925.

Following a landslide in 1953, the narrow-gauge line was formally closed in April 1954, although services resumed as far as Belgrave for some "farewell specials", and then for the Puffing Billy Preservation Society until services ceased again in February 1958.[8] The line was partly duplicated between Bayswater and Lower Ferntree Gully (now Ferntree Gully) in February 1957.[8]

The closing of the narrow-gauge line to Gembrook enabled the first stage of its planned rebuilding to Emerald as part of the suburban electrified system to proceed. This first stage, as far as Belgrave, of the new, broad-gauge, electrified extension opened in February 1962.[8] It initially operated on the Staff and Ticket system, but was converted to automatic signalling in March 1964, with the section from Ferntree Gully to Upper Ferntree Gully being converted the following day. Ringwood to Bayswater was converted to automatic signalling in June 1974, as was Bayswater to Ferntree Gully in July 1977. In December 1982, Ringwood to Bayswater was duplicated.[9]

The Comeng trains were introduced to the Melbourne railway system in 1981 alongside the opening of the City Loop. Initially, along with the Belgrave line, they were only allowed to operate on the Alamein, Dandenong, Glen Waverley and Lilydale lines, due to the width of the trains at 3.05 metres wide.[10]

21st century

Main article: Belgrave railway line § Future
An old train that is red at a station
A preserved Victorian Railways Tait train at Belgrave station on March 8, 2022.

A 2007 restructure of train ticketing in Melbourne involved the removal of Zone 3, with Zone 3 stations being re-classified to Zone 2.[11] This brought the cost of train fares down, improving system accessibility to the public.

In April 2016, plans to potentially run a regular revenue Tait set service on the Belgrave line was announced. This came following La Trobe MP Jason Wood's push for the idea as part of the greater "Puffing Billy master plan". The Tait service would be aimed at tourists visiting Puffing Billy. In November 2016, $1 million was committed to restoring a Tait set currently stored at the Newport Workshops. The Tait service is expected to originate at Flinders Street station as a direct service to Belgrave bypassing the City Loop.[12]

Future

Level Crossing Removals

A train station in the distance
The rebuilt Bayswater station viewed from the removed level crossing.

The Level Crossing Removal Project has announced the removal of 7 level crossings between the city and Ferntree Gully station, to be completed in stages from 2016 to 2025. In 2016, 2 level crossings were removed at Mountain Highway and Scoresby Road, Bayswater, through the rail under method.[5] These two removals also included a rebuilt Bayswater station and upgraded stabling facilities.[13] A further two crossings were removed at Blackburn Road, Blackburn, and Hetherdale Road, Ringwood in January 2017.[14] Both of these removals involved lowering the rail line under the roads with a rebuilt Hetherdale station built as part of the project.[14] Union and Mont Albert Roads have also been removed by lowering the rail line in May 2023.[15] The removals also included closing Mont Albert and Surry Hills stations with a new station built in-between called "Union."[16] The final crossing to be removed on the corridor will be at Bedford Road in Ringwood by lowering the rail line in 2025.[17] At the end of these removals, the Belgrave line will be fully level crossing free between the city and Ferntree Gully station, with crossings at Alpine St, Ferntree Gully, and Hilltop Rd, Upper Ferntree Gully, not currently slatered for removal.

Network and operations

Services

Services on the Belgrave line operates from approximately 5:00 am to around 12:00 daily.[18] In general, during peak hours, train frequency is 5 minutes on the Ringwood corridor (combined with the Lilydale line) and 10 minutes in the AM peak on the Belgrave Line while during non-peak hours the frequency is reduced to 15–30 minutes throughout the entire route.[19] On Friday nights and weekends, services run 24 hours a day, with 60 minute frequencies available outside of normal operating hours.[20]

Train services on the Belgrave line are also subjected to maintenance and renewal works, usually on selected Fridays and Saturdays. Shuttle bus services are provided throughout the duration of works for affected commuters.[21]

Stopping patterns

Legend — Station status

  • ◼ Premium Station – Station staffed from first to last train
  • ◻ Host Station – Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network.

Legend — Stopping patterns
Some services do not operate via the City Loop

  • ● – All trains stop
  • ◐ – Some services do not stop
  • ▼ – Only outbound trains stop
  • | – Trains pass and do not stop
Belgrave Services[22]
Station Zone Local Ltd Express Blackburn Upper Ferntree Gully Shuttle
◼ Flinders Street 1 ● ● ● ●
◼ Southern Cross ◐ ◐ ◐ ●
◼ Flagstaff ◐ ◐ ◐ ●
◼ Melbourne Central ◐ ◐ ◐ ●
◼ Parliament ◐ ◐ ◐ ●
◼ Richmond ● ● ● ●
◻ East Richmond ◐ | ◐ |
◼ Burnley ● | ◐ |
◻ Hawthorn ● | ◐ |
◼ Glenferrie ● ◐ ● ▼
◻ Auburn ● | ◐ |
◼ Camberwell ● ◐ ● ▼
◻ East Camberwell ● ◐ ● |
◻ Canterbury 1/2 ● ◐ ● |
◻ Chatham ● ◐ ● |
◼ Union (under construction)
◼ Box Hill 2 ● ● ● ●
◻ Laburnum ● ◐ ◐ ▼
◼ Blackburn ● ● ● ●
◼ Nunawading ● ◐ ●
◼ Mitcham ● ● ●
◻ Heatherdale ● ◐ ●
◼ Ringwood ● ● ● ●
◻ Heathmont ● ◐ ● ●
◼ Bayswater ● ● ● ●
◼ Boronia ● ● ● ●
◼ Ferntree Gully ● ◐ ● ●
◼ Upper Ferntree Gully ● ● ● ●
◻ Upwey ● ◐ ●
◻ Tecoma ● ◐ ●
◼ Belgrave ● ● ●

Operators

The Glen Waverley line has had a total of 6 operators since its opening in 1889. The majority of operations throughout its history have been government run: from its first service in 1889 until the 1997 privatisation of Melbourne's rail network, three different government operators have run the line.[23] These operators, Victorian Railways, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and the Public Transport Corporation have a combined operational length of 108 years.[24] In comparison, the three private operators, Hillside Trains, Connex Melbourne, and Metro Trains Melbourne have had a combined operational period of 26 years.[25]

Past and present operators of the Belgrave line:
Operator Assumed operations Ceased operations Length of operations
Victorian Railways 1889 1983 94 years
Metropolitan Transit Authority 1983 1989 6 years
Public Transport Corporation 1989 1997 8 years
Hillside Trains 1997 2000 3 years
Connex Melbourne 2000 2009 9 years
Metro Trains Melbourne 2009 incumbent 14 years (ongoing)

Route

Map
Interactive map of Belgrave line in eastern Melbourne (click to view)
Belgrave (physical track)
Overview
StatusOperational with passenger services from Flinders Street to Alamein
Owner
LocaleMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini
Continues asGembrook (narrow gauge)
Connecting lines
  • All metropolitan, regional, and interstate
  • Gembrook
Former connections
Stations
  • 30 current stations
  • 1 under construction
  • 5 former stations
Service
ServicesBelgrave
History
Commenced30 May 1890 (1890-05-30)
Opened
  • Princes Bridge to Richmond on 8 February 1859 (1859-02-08)
  • To Pic-nic on 24 September 1860 (1860-09-24)
  • To Hawthorn on 13 April 1861 (1861-04-13)
  • Flinders Street to Princes Bridge on 18 December 1865 (1865-12-18)
  • Hawthorn to Camberwell on 3 April 1882 (1882-04-03)
  • To Ringwood on 1 December 1882 (1882-12-01)
  • To Upper Ferntree Gully on 4 December 1889 (1889-12-04)
  • To Belgrave as narrow gauge on 18 December 1900 (1900-12-18)
Completed28 June 1948 (1948-06-28)
ReopenUpper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave as broad gauge on 18 February 1962 (1962-02-18)
Electrified
  • Flinders Street to Box Hill on 19 December 1922 (1922-12-19)
  • To Ringwood on 30 January 1923 (1923-01-30)
  • To Upper Ferntree Gully on 12 October 1925 (1925-10-12)
  • To Belgrave on 18 February 1962 (1962-02-18)
ClosedUpper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave as narrow gauge on 30 April 1954 (1954-04-30)
Technical
Line length41.8 km (25.97 mi)
Number of tracks
  • Twelve tracks: Flinders Street to Richmond
  • Four tracks: Richmond to Burnley
  • Triple track: Burnley to Box Hill
  • Double track: Box Hill to Ferntree Gully
  • Single track: Ferntree Gully to Belgrave
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Old gaugeUpper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave: 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Electrification1500 V DC overhead
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) - Electric|
SignallingAutomatic block signaling
Maximum incline1 in 30 (3.33%)

The Belgrave line forms a mostly curved route from the Melbourne central business district to its terminus in Belgrave. The route is 41.8 kilometres (26.0 mi) long and is predominantly doubled tracked, however between Flinders Street station and Richmond, the track is widened to 12 tracks, narrowing to 4 tracks between Richmond and Burnley before narrowing to 3 tracks between Burnley and Box Hill. Finally, the line narrows to two tracks between Box Hill and Ferntree Gully before narrowing to a single track to its terminus.[26] After Ferntree Gully passing loops and island platforms are present at Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey, and Belgrave. After departing from its terminus at Flinders Street, the Belgrave line traverses both flat and hilly country with some curves (more towards the end of the line) and fairly minimal earthworks for most of the line. Sections of the line have been elevated or lowered into a cutting to eliminate level crossings.[27] Despite some removals, there are a small number of level crossings still present with no current plans to remove them.

The line follows the same alignment as the Alamein, Glen Waverley, and Lilydale lines with the four services splitting onto different routes at Burnley. The Alamein, Belgrave, and Lilydale services continue till the Alamein line splits off at Camberwell, with the two services continuing together till Ringwood. After departing Ringwood station, the Belgrave line heads south with the Lilydale line heading in an eastern direction.[28] Almost all of the rail line goes through built-up suburbs, however, the rail line becomes peri-urban towards its terminus in Belgrave.[28]

Stations

The line serves 31 stations across 49 kilometres (30 mi) of track. The stations are a mix of elevated, lowered, underground, and ground level designs. Underground stations are present in the City Loop and Box Hill, with the majority of elevated and lowered stations being constructed as part of level crossing removals.[29][30]

Station Accessibility Opened Terrain Train connections Other connections
Flinders Street Yes—step free access 1854[31] Lowered
16 connections
 Trams Buses
Southern Cross 1859[31] Ground level
27 connections
 Trams Buses Coaches
Flagstaff 1985[31] Underground
10 connections
 Trams
Melbourne Central 1981[31] Trams Buses
Parliament 1983[31] Trams
Richmond No—steep ramp 1859[32] Elevated
8 connections
 Trams Buses
East Richmond Yes—step free access 1860[32] Ground level
3 connections
 Trams
Burnley No—steep ramp 1880[32]
Hawthorn 1881[32] Lowered
2 Connnections
 Trams Buses
Glenferrie 1882[32] Elevated Trams
Auburn Ground level Buses
Camberwell Lowered Trams Buses
East Camberwell 1900[32] Ground level
1 connection
Canterbury 1882[32] Elevated Buses
Chatham 1927[32] Ground level
Union Yes—step free access 2023[32] Lowered Buses
Box Hill 1882[32] Underground Trams Buses Coaches
Laburnum 1958[32] Elevated Buses
Blackburn 1882[32] Ground level
Nunawading 1888[32] Lowered Buses Coaches
Mitcham 1882[32] Buses
Heatherdale 1958[32]
Ringwood 1882[32] Ground level Buses Coaches
Heathmont 1926[32] Buses
Bayswater 1889[32] Lowered
Boronia 1920[32]
Ferntree Gully 1889[32] Ground level
Upper Ferntree Gully No—steep ramp
Upwey 1901[32]
Tecoma 1924[32]
Belgrave 1900[32]
Station histories
Station Opened[33] Closed[33] Age Notes[33]
Parliament 22 January 1983 41 years
Melbourne Central 26 January 1981 43 years
  • Formerly Museum
Flagstaff 27 May 1985 39 years
Southern Cross 17 January 1859 165 years
  • Formerly Batman's Hill
  • Formerly Spencer Street
Flinders Street 12 September 1854 169 years
  • Formerly Melbourne Terminus
Princes Bridge 8 February 1859 1 October 1866 7 years
2 April 1879 30 June 1980 101 years
Botanic Gardens 2 March 1859 c. April 1862 Approx. 3 years
Punt Road 8 February 1859 12 December 1859 10 months
  • Replaced by Swan Street (200m further along line)
Richmond 12 December 1859 164 years
  • Formerly Swan Street
East Richmond 24 September 1860 163 years
  • Formerly Church Street
Burnley 1 May 1880 144 years
  • Formerly Burnley Street
Pic Nic 24 September 1860 6 October 1895 35 years
Hawthorn 13 April 1861 163 years
Glenferrie 3 April 1882 142 years
  • Formerly Glenferrie Road
Auburn 3 April 1882 142 years
  • Formerly Auburn Road
Camberwell 3 April 1882 142 years
East Camberwell 14 May 1900 124 years
Canterbury 1 December 1882 141 years
Chatham 1 April 1927 97 years
Surrey Hills 13 August 1883 17 February 2023 139 years
Union TBA
  • Under construction
Mont Albert 11 August 1890 17 February 2023 132 years
Box Hill 1 December 1882 141 years
Laburnum 13 July 1958 65 years
Blackburn 25 December 1882 141 years
Nunawading 4 June 1888 136 years
  • Formerly Turnstall
Mitcham 25 December 1882 141 years
Heatherdale 7 September 1958 65 years
Ringwood 1 December 1882 141 years
Heathmont 1 May 1926 98 years
Bayswater 4 December 1889 134 years
Boronia 16 June 1920 104 years
Ferntree Gully 4 December 1889 134 years
  • Formerly Lower Ferntree Gully
  • Also spelt Lower Fern Tree Gully / Fern Tree Gully
Upper Ferntree Gully 4 December 1889 134 years
  • Also spelt Upper Fern Tree Gully
18 December 1900 30 April 1954 53 years
  • As narrow gauge interchange
Upwey 3 June 1901 30 April 1954 52 years
  • As narrow gauge
19 February 1962 62 years
  • As broad gauge
Tecoma 1 February 1924 30 April 1954 30 years
  • As narrow gauge
19 February 1962 62 years
  • As broad gauge
Belgrave 18 December 1900 30 April 1954 53 years
  • As narrow gauge
  • Formerly Monbulk
19 February 1962 62 years
  • As broad gauge

Infrastructure

Rolling stock

The Belgrave line uses X'Trapolis 100 electric multiple unit (EMU) trains operating in a two three-car configuration, with three doors per side on each carriage and can accommodate of up to 432 seated passengers in each six car configuration.[34] The trains were originally built between 2002 and 2004 as well as between 2009 and 2020 with a total of 212 three-car sets constructed. The trains are shared with 7 other metropolitan train lines and have been in service since 2003.[34]

Alongside the passenger trains, Belgrave line tracks and equipment are maintained by a fleet of engineering trains. The four types of engineering trains are: the shunting train; designed for moving trains along non-electrified corridors and for transporting other maintenance locomotives, for track evaluation; designed for evaluating track and its condition, the overhead inspection train; designed for overhead wiring inspection, and the infrastructure evaluation carriage designed for general infrastructure evaluation.[35] Most of these trains are repurposed locomotives previously used by V/Line, Metro Trains, and the Southern Shorthaul Railroad.[35]

Accessibility

In compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992, all stations that are new-built or rebuilt are fully accessible and comply with these guidelines.[36] Half of stations on the corridor are fully accessible, however, there are some stations that haven't been upgraded to meet these guidelines.[37] These stations do feature ramps, however, they have a gradient greater than 1 in 14.[37] Stations that are fully accessible feature ramps that have a gradient less than 1 in 14, have at-grade paths, or feature lifts.[37] These stations typically also feature tactile boarding indicators, independent boarding ramps, wheelchair accessible myki barriers, hearing loops, and widened paths.[37][38]

Projects improving station accessibility have included the Level Crossing Removal Project, which involves station rebuilds and upgrades, and individual station upgrade projects.[39][40] These works have made significant strides in improving network accessibility, with more than 58% of Belgrave line stations classed as fully accessible. Future station upgrade projects will continue to increase the number of fully accessible stations overtime.

Signalling

The Belgrave line uses a combination of three position and automatic and track control signalling.[41] Three position signalling was first introduced on the line in 1919, with the final section of the line converted to the new type of signalling by 1960.[42] In addition, automatic and track control signalling is used between Ferntree Gully station and the lines terminus in Belgrave.

See also

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