Mitcham railway station, Melbourne

Mitcham is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Mitcham, on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines. Mitcham is classed as a Premium Station and is in Zone 2.Station overviewFacilitiesMitcham Station is located at the western end of the below Mitcham Road underpass and between Calcutta Street and Colombo Street, the latter two providing station access.The station consists of two side platforms in a cutting; Myki ticket vending machines are located inside the waiting room.Works to remove the Mitcham Road level crossing began in July 2013 and involved the realignment of tracks (below ground), the construction of a new station and the removal of level crossings on Mitcham Rd and Rooks RdThe new station opened on Saturday 25 January 2014 with a barbeque.HistoryMitcham station opened on 25 December 1882. It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 4 April 1996. Boom barriers were provided at Mitcham Road in 1979.Until the 1970s a shunting yard and goods shed existed where the 'up' side car park exists today. Tracks remained embedded in the car park surface of that time, enabling parking for the great majority of the time when trains did not use the yard.In December 2009 - January 2010 during the Springvale Road Nunawading grade separation works Mitcham, along with Blackburn were used as temporary interchanges for rail replacement buses. Mitcham buses, however, did not stop at Nunawading.