Canterbury
PTV commuter rail station
Station building on Platform 3, December 2019
General information
Location	Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria 3126 City of Boroondara Australia
Coordinates	37°49′28″S 145°04′53″E / 37.8245°S 145.0815°E / -37.8245; 145.0815
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Belgrave Lilydale
Distance	12.21 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	125
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No — steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	CBY
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 December 1882; 141 years ago (1882-12-01)
Rebuilt	15 September 1968 19 December 1971
Electrified	December 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	282,931 [1]
2006–2007	322,219 [1]  13.88%
2007–2008	350,138 [1]  8.66%
2008–2009	373,434 [2]  6.65%
2009–2010	369,572 [2]  1.03%
2010–2011	400,612 [2]  8.39%
2011–2012	374,332 [2]  6.56%
2012–2013	Not measured [2]
2013–2014	381,587 [2]  1.93%
2014–2015	377,580 [1]  1.05%
2015–2016	399,094 [2]  5.69%
2016–2017	388,187 [2]  2.73%
2017–2018	377,117 [2]  2.85%
2018–2019	374,650 [2]  0.65%
2019–2020	284,700 [2]  24%
2020–2021	122,400 [2]  57%
2021–2022	145,650 [3]  18.99%
2022–2023	160,850 [3]  10.43%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station East Camberwell towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Chatham towards Lilydale Belgrave line Chatham towards Belgrave
Track layout Legend to East Camberwell 1 3 2 to Chatham

Canterbury railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Canterbury in Victoria, Australia. Canterbury is an elevated unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 December 1882, with the current station provided in 1968. ^[4]

Canterbury station opened on 1 December 1882, when the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. ^[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Viscount Canterbury, Governor of Victoria between 1866 and 1873. ^{[5] [6]}

In the 1930s, a crossover was provided at the southern ( up) end of the station, and a signal box provided to work the interlocked level crossing gates. ^[7]

In early 1966, work on the grade separation of the Canterbury Road level crossing commenced. To facilitate construction, the interlocked gates were replaced with boom barriers, and the signal box was abolished. ^[4] On 15 September 1968, the current station opened, with all works completed by December of that year. ^[4] The works involved raising the station six metres, and the use of a temporary track to keep services operating. In December 1971, services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended though the station to Box Hill. ^[8]

Canterbury has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave and Lilydale line services. ^{[9] [10]}

Platform 1:

•   Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•   Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•   Belgrave line  all stations services to Belgrave
•   Lilydale line  all stations services to Lilydale

Platform 3:

•   Belgrave line  weekday all stations services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn
•   Lilydale line  weekday all stations services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to Blackburn

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route via Canterbury station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  285 : Doncaster Park and Ride – Camberwell Shopping Centre ^[11]

• 
  Eastbound view from Platform 3, May 2014
• 
  Station shelter on Platforms 1 and 2, May 2018
• 
  The entrance and exit ramp to Canterbury Road and the railway bridge, December 2019
• 
  The narrow Platforms at 1 and 2, December 2019

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au