East Malvern railway station

East Malvern railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, and opened on 3 February 1929 as Eastmalvern. It was renamed East Malvern on 29 February 1972.[1]

East Malvern
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view in January 2021
General information
LocationSylvester Crescent,
Malvern East, Victoria 3145
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°52′37″S 145°04′10″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance13.75 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking676
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeEMV
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened3 February 1929 (1929-02-03)
Rebuilt1975
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Previous namesEastmalvern (1929-1972)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Darling
towards Flinders Street
 Glen Waverley line Holmesglen
towards Glen Waverley
Track layout
to Darling
1
2
to Holmesglen

History

The first section of what later became the Glen Waverley line opened on 3 March 1890. It was part of the Outer Circle line, and connected Burnley and Oakleigh stations. After the parts of the Outer Circle line to Oakleigh and Camberwell were closed on 9 December 1895, trains from Burnley terminated at Darling.

For just over a year after it opened, East Malvern was the terminus of the new extension under construction from Darling to Glen Waverley. The rest of the Glen Waverley line was inaugurated on 5 May 1930.[1]

During part of the 1950s and 1960s, there was a short extra dock platform at the down end of Platform 1, making that half of it resemble an island platform. Trains of from one to three cars could fit in the dock platform, but it usually accommodated a single swing-door ("dogbox") car,[2] which ran a shuttle between East Malvern to Glen Waverley,[3] with most trains at night and on weekends terminating at East Malvern. Every second or third East Malvern train connected with the Glen Waverley shuttle. The dock platform had been abolished by 1954.[1]

The line between East Malvern and Darling was duplicated in 1956,[1] with duplication to Mount Waverley occurring in 1964.[1]

The current station buildings were provided in 1975,[4] and parcel facilities were abolished around that time.[5]

The Monash Freeway overpass, located adjacent to the station in the down direction, was opened in around 1987/1988.[6] While the freeway was under construction, the line was slewed to run through an artificial tunnel, and a timber trestle bridge, which crossed over a local creek, was replaced.[7]

East Malvern was upgraded to a Premium Station on 21 August 1995.[8] The footbridge, located at the down end of the station, was replaced in 2009, to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway.[9]

There is a Parkiteer secure bike cage located next to the station entrance on Platform 1.[10] A $50 refundable deposit is required to be granted access to the cage.

Platforms and services

East Malvern has two side platforms. It is served by Glen Waverley line trains.[11]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via East Malvern station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  612 : Box Hill station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[12]
  • Platform 2 and new footbridge over the Monash Freeway, December 2009

References
  1. East Malvern Vicsig
  2. The "little train", as referred to by locals, a single-car swing-door ("dogbox") train, on its service between East Malvern and Glen Waverly, 1960s
  3. "Electric suburban train on Darling to Glen Waverley line, Mount Waverley, 1929". Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  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. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1988. p. 123.
  8. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  9. East Malvern Bridge Upgrade Improving Transport Links Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Premier of Victoria 20 August 2009
  10. "Parkiteer | Secure cage locations". Bicycle Network. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  11. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
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