Blackburn railway station, Melbourne

Blackburn railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, and opened as Blackburn Creek on 25 December 1882. It was renamed Blackburn at a later date.HistoryOn 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 on 17 December 1922. By the end of January 1923, electrification had proceeded past Blackburn, as far as Ringwood.