Mount Waverley railway station

Mount Waverley railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley, and it opened on 5 May 1930.[1]

Mount Waverley
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view in May 2006
General information
LocationMiller Crescent,
Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149
City of Monash
Australia
Coordinates37°52′31″S 145°07′42″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance19.00 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking200
Bicycle facilities12
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeMWY
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened5 May 1930 (1930-05-05)
Rebuilt14 November 1955
1975
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Jordanville
towards Flinders Street
 Glen Waverley line Syndal
towards Glen Waverley
Track layout
to Jordanville
1
2
to Syndal

The current Platform 2 was provided in 1955.[1] In 1958, the line to Syndal station was duplicated, and in 1964, the line was duplicated to East Malvern station.[1]

In 1972, an emergency crossover at the station was abolished.[2] In 1975, the current station buildings were built.[3]

Mount Waverley was the first station on the metropolitan railway system to be upgraded to a Premium Station, which occurred on 18 January 1995.[4]

Facilities, platforms and services

Mount Waverley has two side platforms, linked by an underpass at the Up (western) end of the station, and an overpass on Stephenson Road. Platform 1 features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets.

It is served by Glen Waverley line trains.[5]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Mount Waverley station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  623 : Glen Waverley station – St Kilda[6]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Mount Waverley Station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. Mount Waverley Vicsig
  2. "Way and Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1973. p. 11.
  3. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  4. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  5. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. "623 Glen Waverley - St Kilda via Mount Waverley & Chadstone & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "733 Oakleigh - Box Hill via Clayton & Monash University & Mt Waverley". Public Transport Victoria.
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