Ringwoodrailway station is the junction station for the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ringwood opening on 1 December 1882. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 31 July 1996. The original signal box was located on platforms 1 and 2. It has since been relocated to the bus interchange. Signals are currently controlled from within the station building on platform 3. Stabling sidings are located at the northern end of the station. Platform 1 is a recent addition to the station, being built in 1999. Prior to this the track on the now-platform 1 side was used as a siding which continued along to the Wantirna Road bridge. As part of the Eastland Shopping Centre 2015-2016 expansion, Ringwood was upgraded in 2015, with the $66 million upgrade to the station being completed in January 2016. The work included a new concourse, lifts, reconfigured bus interchange, CCTV and heritage work on the station buildings. The station buildings themselves were not significantly altered as they are heritage listed. Eastland Shopping Centre is located opposite the station.
Facilities, platforms and services
Ringwood has one island platform and one side platform linked by the concourse. Platform 3 and the concourse feature customer service windows and platform 2 features a semi-enclosed waiting area with platform 3 and the concourse also featuring toilets and Platform 2 featuring a kiosk. All 3 platforms are accessible via ramps, stairs and lifts. The bus interchange is located outside platform 3. Ringwood is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services. Platform 1:
Belgrave line: weekday all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Belgrave line: all stations shuttle services to and from Belgrave
Lilydale line all stations shuttle services to and from Lilydale
Platform 2:
Lilydale line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to and from Belgrave
Lilydale line all stations and limited stops services to and from Lilydale
In February 1908 EE class steam locomotive 478 overran the buffer stops at the Wantirna Road siding, derailed and toppled down the embankment, ending up level with the road. Around 1964, an L Class electric loco ran away, crashing the same buffer stops, and stopped with its front bogie dangling over Wantirna Road. On 12 July 1992, a Comeng overshot the same siding as per the 1908 accident, with leading car 392M crashing through and stopping on top of the buffer stops right near the edge of the Wantirna Road bridge. On 12 May 2010, an X'Trapolis 100 ran off the end of the tracks and into a fence in the Ringwood stabling yard.
