Mont Albert railway station

Mont Albert
View of platforms from Beresford Street in December 2018
General information
LocationChurchill Street,
Mont Albert, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates37°49′10″S 145°06′20″E / 37.81955°S 145.10556°E / -37.81955; 145.10556
SystemClosed PTV commuter rail station
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Lines
Distance14.63 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking30
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusDemolished
(Platform 1 station building retained for community purposes)
Station codeMAB
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened11 August 1890 (1890-08-11)
Closed17 February 2023
Rebuilt19 December 1971
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006276,139
2006–2007308,542  11.73%
2007–2008331,424  7.41%
2008–2009354,074  6.83%
2009–2010368,458  4.06%
2010–2011353,325  4.1%
2011–2012315,978  10.57%
2012–2013Not measured
2013–2014323,005  2.22%
2014–2015291,184  9.85%
2015–2016270,334  7.16%
2016–2017268,495  0.68%
2017–2018253,964  5.41%
2018–2019260,854  2.71%
2019–2020200,300  23.21%
2020–202184,300  57.91%
2021–202298,450  16.78%
2022–202392,300  6.25%
Former services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Surrey Hills Lilydale line Box Hill
towards Lilydale or Belgrave
Belgrave line
List of closed railway stations in Melbourne
Track layout
Before station closure (February 2023)
Mont Albert Road
(Removed in 2023)
1
2
3
Location

Mont Albert railway station was a commuter railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It served the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert in Victoria, Australia. Mont Albert was a ground level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It was located between Surrey Hills and Box Hill and it opened on 11 August 1890 and closed on 17 February 2023, due to the works associated with the Level Crossing Removal Project.