Burnley railway station is the junction station for the Lilydale,

Belgrave Belgrave may refer to: Places *Belgrave, Cheshire, an English village *Belgrave, Leicester an English district *Belgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia ** Belgrave railway line **Belgrave railway station, Melbourne **Belgrave (Puffing ...

, Alamein and

Glen Waverley Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Glen Waverley recorded a population of 42,642 at the 2021 census. History ...

lines in

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. It serves the inner eastern

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suburb of

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Br ...

, and it opened on 1 May 1880 as Burnley Street. It was renamed Burnley on 1 September 1882.Burnley
Vicsig Train stabling facilities are located at the eastern ( Down) end of the station, adjacent to the Glen Waverley line, while an additional, rarely-used siding is located at the western (Up) end. In August 1943, as part of the Ashworth Improvement Plan, a flyover was constructed east of the station, to allow Glen Waverley line trains to cross over the

Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...

-bound line. The Madden Grove

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...

, located nearby in the Down direction on the Glen Waverley line, was provided in 1963, replacing an earlier level crossing. In 1966, the

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was rebuilt, the Burnley Street level crossing was

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and the line towards

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expanded to

quadruple track A quadruple-track railway (also known as a four-track railway) is a railway line consisting of four parallel tracks with two tracks used in each direction. Quadruple-track railways can handle large amounts of traffic, and so are used on very bus ...

. The third track to Hawthorn was commissioned in 1972. The stabling facilities were provided in 1997, as part of the closure and replacement of

Jolimont Yard Jolimont Yard was an array of railway lines and carriage sidings on the edge of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Located between Flinders Street station, Richmond Junction, the Yarra River and Flinders Street they were of ...

. Burnley was upgraded to a

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on 19 December 2008. On 30 November 2017, the signal box was abolished, with control transferred to

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.Burnley Signal Box (BLY)
Vicsig

Facilities, platforms and services

Burnley has two

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s. The southern island platform (Platforms 1 & 2) includes a large building, which includes a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room, and toilets. On weekdays, the majority of services to Lilydale and Belgrave don't stop at Burnley as these run express to other stations. Most services from Burnley usually only run as far as Blackburn or Ringwood. It is serviced by

Metro Trains Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the franchise operator of the electrified suburban passenger service on the Melbourne rail network. Metro Trains Melbourne is a joint venture between Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation (6 ...

' Lilydale,

, Alamein and

line services. Platforms 1 and 2: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street Platform 3: * off-peak and weekend all stations services to Lilydale; and services to

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

* off-peak and weekend all stations services to

; and services to Blackburn * weekday peak all stations services to

Platform 4: * weekday all stations services to Alamein * all station services to Blackburn * all station services to Blackburn * off peak all station services to Glen Waverley.

Transport links

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operates one route via Burnley station: *: Docklands ( Waterfront City) – Wattle Park

References

External links

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Melway map
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