Holmesglen railway station

Holmesglen
Westbound view from Platform 2 in July 2012
Location Warrigal Road, Malvern East
Coordinates 37°52′27″S 145°05′29″E / 37.87419°S 145.09141°E / -37.87419; 145.09141Coordinates: 37°52′27″S 145°05′29″E / 37.87419°S 145.09141°E / -37.87419; 145.09141
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Glen Waverley
Distance 15.65 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 150
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Host Station
Station code HOL
Fare zone Myki Zones 1/2 Overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 5 May 1930
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Glen Waverley line
towards Glen Waverley

Holmesglen railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line, in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, located in that suburb's eastern extremity, but also serving the adjacent suburbs of Chadstone and Ashwood. It opened on 5 May 1930.[1] It is named after the father of Malvern Council at the time of its opening, Councillor L. W. Holmes.[2]

The station is directly connected via a walkway to the adjacent Chadstone Campus of Holmesglen Institute of Tafe, with which the station shares its name.

During June and early July 1991, the station was patrolled 24 hours a day by the former Victoria Transit Patrol department, working in conjunction with local police, as part of the Public Transport Corporation 'Travel Safe' program of the early 1990s.[3]

The station was the site of a train crash in 2000.[4] The rail bridge near the station was the crime-scene of an infamous Melbourne murder in the 1960s.

Platforms & services

Holmesglen has one island platform with two sides. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[5]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Holmesglen Station:

Transdev Melbourne operates one route via Holmesglen station:

References

  1. ↑ Holmesglen Vicsig
  2. ↑ "Local and General News". The Prahran Telegraph. Victoria, Australia. 9 August 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1991. p. 362.
  4. ↑ Victorian Department of Infrastructure Accident Report
  5. ↑ Glen Waverley Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Route 624 Kew - Oakleigh Archived 2 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ↑ Route 903 Altona - Mordialloc timetable Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
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