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Blackburn railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn opening as Blackburn Creek on 25 December 1882, being renamed Blackburn.〔(Blackburn ) Vicsig〕 ==History== On 1 December 1882, the railway from Melbourne to Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. At this time, the Lilydale line had only a single track, and used a token-based system of signalling. On 12 August 1889, Blackburn was designated a 'crossing station', meaning that it had a loop line to allow trains to pass each other. In December 1891, a second track was added to the section of the Lilydale line between Box Hill and Ringwood stations. At this time, Blackburn had two platforms. Services terminating at Blackburn began in the late 1890s, due to the large number of passengers visiting the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary. However, there were relatively few trains passing through Blackburn - around two trains per hour in 1901. The Lilydale line was electrified as far as Box Hill station on 17 December 1922. By the end of January 1923, electrification had proceeded past Blackburn as far as Ringwood. Automatic signalling, which had reached Box Hill in 1929, was finally extended to Blackburn on 13 July 1958. However, automatic signalling was not installed between Blackburn and Mitcham stations until 13 November 1960. Boom barriers replaced hand gates at Blackburn Road in 1970.〔(VR History by Andrew Waugh )〕 In 1980, the goods siding was removed and the old station was demolished (although part of the south platform building remains). It was replaced with a three-platform station so trains could terminate while Box Hill station was being rebuilt. A new ramp from the old tunnel now provides pedestrian access to the central island platforms. Victorian Railways' plan in the late 1970s was to add the third track to the south, but Nunawading Council objected because it would destroy the park there. By 2001, all services that formerly terminated at Box Hill had been extended to Blackburn. It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1996. Platform 3 is only used on weekdays during peak hours (when trains are being terminated on Platform 2). This typically occurs from early morning 7am-12:30pm and mid afternoon 15:30-18:30. In late 2006 and early 2007, grade separation works at the nearby Middleborough Road level crossing led to the closure of the line between Box Hill and Blackburn, and the construction of a temporary bus interchange at Blackburn for the bus services which replaced the trains. The carpark immediately to the north of platform 3 was converted into the interchange, and a walkway was constructed to allow passengers to cross from the central platforms to the interchange.〔(Middleborough Road Project ) Vicsig〕 Blackburn again performed the role in early 2010 as grade separation was undertaken near Nunawading station at Springvale Road and again in 2014 when Mitcham Road and Rooks Road at Mitcham was separated. In May 2014, the State Government announced a grade separation project to replace the nearby Blackburn Road level crossing, with a completion date of 2017.〔(Three more notorious level crossings to be removed ) Premier of Victoria 2 May 2014〕 Vicroads are planning to start construction by the end of 2015, with an estimated completion time of 12-18 months.〔(Blackburn Road, Blackburn level crossing removal ) Vicroads - planned works〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blackburn railway station, Melbourne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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