East Malvern railway station
East Malvern | |||||||||||
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 Platform 2 in December 2009 with new footbridge over the Monash Freeway | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Sylvester Crescent, Malvern East | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°52′37″S 145°04′10″E / 37.87694°S 145.06933°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Glen Waverley | ||||||||||
| Distance | 13.75 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 400 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | 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 | |||||||||||
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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]
East Malvern was upgraded to a Premium station on 21 August 1995.[6] The footbridge located at the down end of the station was replaced in 2009 to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway.[7]
Platforms & services
East Malvern has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[8]
Platforms 1:
- Glen Waverley line: services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Glen Waverley line: services to Glen Waverley
References
- ^ Malvern East Vicsig
- ^ Infrastructure - East Malvern Vicsig
- ^ 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
- ^ "Glen Waverley". Victorian Railways. VicRail. July 1975. p. 103.
- ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1975. p. 68.
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ East Malvern Bridge Upgrade Improving Transport Links Premier of Victoria 20 August 2009
- ^ Glen Waverley Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to East Malvern railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
