MAROONDAH INTEGRATED TRANSPORT STRATEGY

Ringwood Station is at the junction of the Lilydale and Belgrave lines, and so hasabout double the number of services that are provided on the stations on the Lilydaleand Belgrave branch lines. During the morning peak period (6.00 am to 9.30 am),some 37 trains depart Ringwood at an average headway of about 5.7 minutes comparedto around 16 trains from stations on each of the branch lines beyond Ringwood.Ringwood and Croydon are Premium Stations (i.e. amongst the 70 busiest on the entireMelbourne Suburban rail network).As Premium Stations they have the following features:• Station staffed from first to last train;• Extensive well lit commuter car parking;• All-weather shelter on platforms;• High level CCTV on the station and surrounds;• Public telephones; and• Full booking office facilities.Table 5.2.2 shows the number of train services for Ringwood, Croydon andHeathmont for various time periods during the day.Table 5.1 Train Services for Ringwood, Croydon and HeathmontWeekdaysInboundRingwood StationOutboundonLilydaleLineService Levels (Trips)OutboundonBelgraveLineCroydon StationHeathmontStationInbound Outbound Inbound Outbound6:00am to9:30am 37 10 8 17 10 16 79:30am to3:30pm 27 12 12 12 12 12 123:30pm to6:30pm 20 15 15 9 14 9 15After6:30pm 21 15 17 12 17 13 17Last Trip 12:41am 12:56am 12:54am 11:29pm 1:02am 12:29am 12:57amSaturday6:00am to6:30pm 54 37 36 37 37 36 36After6:30pm 18 15 15 10 15 15 15Sunday6:00am to6:30pm 49 29 30 31 29 31 30After6:30pm 17 11 11 7 11 9 11As can be seen from Table 5.1, train headways (i.e. time between successive trains)varies throughout the day and is also different on weekends and weekdays. The36