Box Hill

The SRL East station at Box Hill will be one of the busiest and most well-connected stations on the metropolitan network – making it easier and faster to access the area’s thriving retail, education and health services.

The station will provide a convenient connection to the existing Box Hill Station on the Belgrave/Lilydale line and will have convenient links to local tram and bus services – connecting more people to jobs, healthcare and study opportunities in one of Melbourne’s fastest growing education and medical precincts.

Frequent services every few minutes will mean passengers can turn up and go when the new rail line is operating by 2035. It’ll take just 3-4 minutes between stations – a journey for a student travelling from Box Hill to Monash University will take just 12 minutes.

For more information, read the SRL East station at Box Hill fact sheet.

What's happening now

Early construction on SRL East started in June 2022 and is powering ahead.

Planning for the area around the new underground station at Box Hill is now in its early stages, in consultation with the local council and community.

From 3 December 2023 to 3 March 2024, we sought community feedback on the draft precinct visions for the areas around each new SRL East station. These draft visions build on the priorities and feedback gathered over several years. The draft visions identify areas of opportunity, preliminary ideas and draft precinct plans that connect the place today to what it could look like in the future.

Read the draft precinct vision for Box Hill

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback via the online survey. A report summarising what we heard and how it is being considered will be released in the coming weeks.

What's next?

We are continuing to refine the precinct plans to ensure the SRL East precincts are thriving centres with quality housing options, services and job opportunities close to home.

SRL will be back out in the community shortly to get your feedback on the next steps being taken to realise the vision for Box Hill.

Read more about planning the future of Box Hill.

Artist impression of SRL station in Box Hill

Map: SRL Station on corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street

FAQs

The areas around the SRL stations will help people live locally – with open and green space, playgrounds, schools, jobs, universities, TAFEs, and health services all closer to home.

Planning for the 6 SRL East neighbourhoods is now underway. There will be many opportunities over the next few years to have your say on the future of Box Hill both online and in person.

You can stay up to date with planning activities, provide feedback or register your interest in attending particular events by visiting our Have Your Say page.

Read more about SRL East structure planning.

The station layout at Box Hill will incorporate a 94m long platform with escalators in the middle of the platform.

The station will also include buildings to accommodate ticketing and customer facilities and potential retail tenancies, operational equipment and rail systems, and essential emergency and safety infrastructure.

Changing between SRL and metro trains, trams and buses at Box Hill will all be done without having to cross traffic – making it safe, easy and quick.

The underground SRL station will open to Main and Market streets to the south and Whitehorse Road to the north, with a pedestrian promenade linking SRL and Whitehorse Road to Box Hill Gardens.

SRLA is working with the Department of Transport and Planning to make the connection between the underground SRL station and metro station in Box Hill as convenient and efficient as possible, so passengers don't have to touch on and touch off.

There will be traffic-free connections to buses and a new two-track tram terminus will make catching the 109 more reliable. Box Hill will also have 500 bike parking spaces as well as new cycling paths and footpaths. Around 400 of these will be underground and located in the nearby service building and about another 100 will be located in other nearby areas in the precinct.

The new station platform will sit around 23m below ground level and be accessible by lifts and escalators.