East Malvern railway station

East Malvern

Platform 2 in December 2009 with new footbridge over the Monash Freeway
Location Sylvester Crescent, Malvern East
Australia
Coordinates 37°52′37″S 145°04′10″E / 37.87694°S 145.06933°E / -37.87694; 145.06933Coordinates: 37°52′37″S 145°04′10″E / 37.87694°S 145.06933°E / -37.87694; 145.06933
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Glen Waverley
Distance 13.75 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 676
Bicycle facilities 11
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code EMV
Fare zone Myki zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 3 February 1929
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Glen Waverley line

East Malvern railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line, in Victoria, Australia, and serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East. It opened on 3 February 1929 as Eastmalvern, and was renamed East Malvern in February 1972.[1]

For just over a year, East Malvern was the terminus of the line, until it was extended to Glen Waverley on 5 May 1930.[2]

During part of the 1950s and 1960s, there was a short extra platform at the down end of Platform 1, making ⅓ of Platform 1 an island platform. Trains, of from one to three cars could fit alongside the platform, but usually only a single-car swing door ("dogbox") or Tait train,[3] would run an East Malvern to Glen Waverley shuttle, due to the fact that most trains at night and on weekends terminated at East Malvern, with only every second or third train from Melbourne connecting with the shuttle service to Glen Waverley.

The current station buildings were provided in 1975.[4] Parcel facilities were also abolished around this time.[5]

The Monash Freeway overpass, located almost 1km at the Down end of the station, was provided in 1986/1987.[6]

East Malvern was upgraded to a Premium station on 21 August 1995.[7] The footbridge, located at the down end of the station, was replaced in 2009, to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway.[8]

Platforms & services

East Malvern has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[9]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via East Malvern station:

References

  1. ↑ East Malvern Vicsig
  2. ↑ Infrastructure - East Malvern Vicsig
  3. ↑ A single-car swing door train photographed on the line at Mount Waverley (c. 1929). A dark stain, probably caused by the smoke from steam locomotives, can be seen in the centre of the parapet of the bridge. http://museumvictoria.com.au/railways/image.aspx?PID=535
  4. ↑ "Glen Waverley". Victorian Railways. VicRail. July 1975. p. 103.
  5. ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1975. p. 68.
  6. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 93.
  7. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  8. ↑ East Malvern Bridge Upgrade Improving Transport Links Premier of Victoria 20 August 2009
  9. ↑ Glen Waverley Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  10. ↑ Route 612 Box Hill - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
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