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 Yes
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
towards Glen Waverley

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]

The line originally terminated at Darling, but East Malvern became the terminus for just over a year after it opened, until the extension to Glen Waverley opened on 5 May 1930.[2][3]

During part of the 1950s and 1960s, there was a short extra platform at the down end of Platform 1, making ⅓ of it an island platform. Trains of from one to three cars could fit alongside the platform, but it usually accommodated a single swing door ("dogbox") or Tait car,[4] which ran an East Malvern to Glen Waverley shuttle, because most trains at night and on weekends terminated at East Malvern. Only every second or third train connected with the Glen Waverley shuttle.

The current station buildings were provided in 1975.[5] Parcel facilities were also abolished around this time.[6]

The Monash Freeway overpass, located at the down end of the station, was provided around 1987/1988.[7] This required the slewing of the line through an artificial tunnel whilst the freeway was under construction, and the replacement of a wooden trestle bridge, which crossed over a local creek.[8]

East Malvern was upgraded to a Premium station on 21 August 1995.[9] The footbridge, located at the down end of the station, was replaced in 2009, to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway.[10]

Platforms & services

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

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

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

References

  1. ↑ East Malvern Vicsig
  2. ↑ Infrastructure - East Malvern Vicsig
  3. ↑ An early photograph of a single-car swing door Tait train on the line to Mount Waverley.
  4. ↑ The "little train", as referred to by locals, a single-car swing door ("dogbox") Tait train, on its service between East Malvern and Glen Waverly, 1960s
  5. ↑ "Glen Waverley". Victorian Railways. VicRail. July 1975. p. 103.
  6. ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1975. p. 68.
  7. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 93.
  8. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1988. p. 123.
  9. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  10. ↑ East Malvern Bridge Upgrade Improving Transport Links Premier of Victoria 20 August 2009
  11. ↑ Glen Waverley Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  12. ↑ Route 612 Box Hill - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
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