Ringwood railway station, Melbourne

Ringwood railway station is the junction station for the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ringwood opening on 1 December 1882.[2] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 31 July 1996.[3]

Ringwood
Westbound view in May 2014 prior to upgrade.
LocationRailway Place, Ringwood
Coordinates37°48′57″S 145°13′44″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance25.76 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking180
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeRWD
Fare zoneMyki zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1882
ElectrifiedYes
Traffic
Passengers (2014-2015)Not measured[1]
Passengers (2015-2016)1.35 million[1]  17.02%
Passengers (2016-2017)1.76 million[1]  29.91%
Passengers (2017-2018)1.80 million[1]  2.3%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Heatherdale
Lilydale line
Ringwood East
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line
Heathmont
towards Belgrave

The original signal box was located on platforms 1 and 2. It has since been relocated to the bus interchange. Signals are currently controlled from within the station building on platform 3. Stabling sidings are located at the northern end of the station.

Platform 1 is a recent addition to the station, being built in 1999.[4] Prior to this the track on the now-platform 1 side was used as a siding which continued along to the Wantirna Road bridge.

As part of the Eastland Shopping Centre 2015-2016 expansion (Stage 5), Ringwood was upgraded in 2015, with the $66 million upgrade to the station being completed in January 2016. The work included a new concourse, lifts, reconfigured bus interchange, CCTV and heritage work on the station buildings.[5][6] The station buildings themselves were not significantly altered as they are heritage listed.[7]

Eastland Shopping Centre is located opposite the station.

Facilities, platforms and services

Ringwood has one island platform (platforms 1 & 2) and one side platform (platform 3) linked by the concourse. Platform 3 and the concourse feature customer service windows and platform 2 features a semi-enclosed waiting area with platform 3 and the concourse also featuring toilets and Platform 2 featuring a kiosk. All 3 platforms are accessible via ramps, stairs and lifts. The bus interchange is located outside platform 3.

Ringwood is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[8][9]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

McKenzie's Tourist Services operates one route via Ringwood station:

Transdev Melbourne operate five routes via Ringwood station:

Ventura Bus Lines operate two routes to and from Ringwood station:

Accidents

In February 1908 EE class steam locomotive 478 overran the buffer stops at the Wantirna Road siding, derailed and toppled down the embankment, ending up level with the road.[18]

Around 1964, an L Class electric loco ran away, crashing the same buffer stops, and stopped with its front bogie dangling over Wantirna Road. [19] On 12 July 1992, a Comeng overshot the same siding as per the 1908 accident, with leading car 392M crashing through and stopping on top of the buffer stops right near the edge of the Wantirna Road bridge.

On 12 May 2010, a X'Trapolis 100 ran off the end of the tracks and into a fence in the Ringwood stabling yard.[20]

References
  1. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. Ringwood Vicsig
  3. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society: 310. October 1997.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society: 249. August 1999.
  5. Ringwood Station and Interchange Upgrade Department of Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure
  6. Ringwood Station and Interchange Upgrade Public Transport Victoria
  7. Ringwood Railway Station On my Doorstep
  8. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "684 Eildon - Melbourne via Lilydale Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "271 Box Hill - Ringwood via Park Orchards". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "364 Warrandyte - Ringwood Station via Croydon & Warrandyte Rd & Eastland SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "370 Mitcham - Ringwood via Ringwood North". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "380 Ringwood - Croydon Loop". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "670 Ringwood - Lilydale via Croydon & Chirnside Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "679 Chirnside Park Shopping Centre - Ringwood via Canterbury Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "(untitled)". Public Record Office Victoria. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010.
  19. Personal observation.
  20. One of Metro's newest trains crashes through fence at Ringwood Herald Sun
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