A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it can also refer to a bus garage . A bus station is larger than a bus stop , which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.
17-447: (Redirected from Box Hill Railway Station ) Box Hill railway station may refer to: Box Hill railway station, Melbourne , Australia Box Hill railway station, Wellington , New Zealand Box Hill & Westhumble railway station , Surrey, England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about railway and public transport stations with
34-496: A McDonald's restaurant has been built over the ramp from the station concourse . On 18 July 1996, Box Hill was upgraded to a premium station . During January 2007, the line was closed between Box Hill and Blackburn , to facilitate grade separation works at the Middleborough Road level crossing, near Laburnum . A rail replacement bus service operated between the two stations for the duration and, to cater for that,
51-820: A dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not provide consistent locations for passengers. Kilambakkam bus terminus in Chennai is spread over an area of 358,200 square metres (88.52 acres), making it the largest bus station in the world. The Woodlands Bus Interchange in Singapore is one of the busiest bus interchanges in the world, handling up to 400,000 passengers daily across 42 bus services. Other Singaporean bus interchanges such as Bedok Bus Interchange , Tampines Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange handle similar number of passengers daily. The largest underground bus station in Europe
68-436: A temporary bus interchange was constructed at Box Hill. The interchange was built directly on top of the tracks, which had been paved between the rails to the east of the station, and was connected to Platforms 2 and 3 via a raised walkway . With the completion of the major works at the end of January 2007, the bus interchange was removed. During the 2017/2018 financial year , with 3.254 million passenger movements, Box Hill
85-585: Is Kamppi Centre in Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting approximately 170,000 passengers. Preston Bus Station in Preston, England, built in 1969 and later heritage-listed ,
102-519: Is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network . It serves the eastern suburb of Box Hill , in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia. Box Hill station is a below ground premium station, featuring four platforms, an island platform with two faces and two side platforms connected by a ground level precinct. It opened on 1 December 1882, with
119-555: Is located on the rooftop of the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre, two levels above the station. The terminus serves 20 bus routes operated by CDC Melbourne , Kinetic Melbourne and Ventura Bus Lines . The bus deck originally had 14 bus bays, but bay 12 was removed around 2015 to enable safer access to the elevator in the office suites. In 2018, the position of bays 2 and 3 were swapped so that passengers queuing to board SmartBus route 903 southbound would not be in
136-709: The Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. It has 223 gates. It operates intercity bus routes all over the United States and some routes with international destinations, mostly in Canada, and mostly operated by Greyhound Lines. The largest bus terminal in
153-491: The current station provided in 1985. The station is located underground, beneath the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre . East of the station, towards Lilydale and Belgrave , the three tracks merge into two . Box Hill station opened on 1 December 1882 when the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. When the station opened, Box Hill was a separate town with several hundred residents. It
170-467: The project will involve the line extending northwards to Doncaster , and eventually to Bundoora , Reservoir , Fawkner , Broadmeadows , Melbourne Airport , Sunshine and Werribee . Box Hill has one island platform with two faces and two side platforms , but Platform 1 is not in use. The station is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains. Platform 1: Platform 2: Platform 3: Platform 4: A sheltered thirteen-bay bus terminus
187-513: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Box_Hill_railway_station&oldid=1064669367 " Category : Station disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Box Hill railway station, Melbourne Box Hill railway station
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#1732885080730204-487: The station below ground, as part of the project to eliminate the level crossing at Station Street, which was at the eastern end of the station. Box Hill Central Shopping Centre and the bus terminus were built over the top of the station, with the complex being completed in 1985. Platform 1 was used between 24 April 1983 and 9 June 1984, while the rest of the new station was being built, and has been retained for possible future use. The platform has no track or lighting , and
221-413: The way of the food kiosk . Bus routes serving Box Hill station: Yarra Trams operates one route via Box Hill station: A V/Line coach stop is located at Whitehorse Road near Watts Street, with services to: Box Hill is the tenth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan rail network. Bus terminus Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with
238-524: Was also in that year that the overpass over Elgar Road was opened, located in the up direction from the station, replacing a level crossing . On 29 December 1976, goods services to and from the station ceased. In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, either for occasional, monthly or quarterly hire. Beginning in early 1983, construction started on rebuilding
255-640: Was described in 2014 as "depending on how you measure it, the largest bus station in the world, the second-biggest in Europe, and the longest in Europe". It was fully refurbished in 2018. The largest bus terminal in North America is the Port Authority Bus Terminal located in New York City. The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of
272-463: Was named in 1861 after Box Hill in Surrey , England , which was the birthplace of the local postmaster. In 1895, a large market was opened next to the station. On 19 December 1922, the section of line from Flinders Street to Box Hill was electrified , and that was extended to Ringwood the following month. In 1971, the current centre line between East Camberwell and Box Hill was provided. It
289-645: Was the tenth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network , as well as being the busiest non-interchange station outside of the Melbourne CBD . Box Hill will be the northern terminus of stage one of the Suburban Rail Loop project. Construction began in 2022, with the project scheduled for completion by 2032. It will connect Box Hill to the Frankston , Pakenham , Cranbourne and Glen Waverley lines, as well as other new intermediate stations. Stage two of
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