East Malvern railway station

East Malvern
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view of the station platforms, January 2021
General information
Location	Sylvester Crescent, Malvern East, Victoria 3145 City of Stonnington Australia
Coordinates	37°52′37″S 145°04′10″E
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	At-grade
Parking	676
Bicycle facilities	Yes (26 protected racks)
Accessible	No — steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	EMV
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	3 February 1929; 95 years ago (1929-02-03)
Rebuilt	1975
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Previous names	Eastmalvern (1929–1972)
Passengers
2017–2018	493,806[1]  15.96%
2018–2019	481,150[1]  2.56%
2019–2020	400,500[1]  16.76%
2020–2021	127,600[1]  68.14%
2021–2022	176,600[2]  38.4%
2022–2023	320,100[2]  81.25%
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

East Malvern railway station is a commuter railway station on the Glen Waverley line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Malvern East, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[3] East Malvern station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 3 February 1929, with the current station provided in 1975.^[4]

The station was provisionally named Karnak. However, during construction, it was renamed to Eastmalvern.^[5]

Initially opened as Eastmalvern, the station was given its current name of East Malvern on 29 February 1972.

History

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

East Malvern station opened on 3 February 1929 as a one-stop extension of the Darling line. The line was extended from East Malvern to Glen Waverley in the following year.

Until the 1950s there was a dock platform at the down end of Platform 1, which could accommodate trains of up to three cars. However, it was typically used by a single swing-door "dogbox" car,^[6] which ran a shuttle service between East Malvern and Glen Waverley, because most off-peak trains terminated at East Malvern.^[7] Every second or third train to East Malvern connected with the Glen Waverley shuttle. The dock platform was abolished in 1954 after the restructuring of services.^[4] Two years later, the line between East Malvern and Darling was duplicated, with duplication from East Malvern to Mount Waverley occurring in 1964.^[4]

The station was rebuilt in 1975 due to the construction of the adjacent South Eastern Arterial link.^[8]

The new footbridge over the Monash Freeway, December 2009.

Around that time, parcel facilities were abolished.^[9] 1988 saw the opening of a pedestrian overpass serving both platforms, as well as crossing what had become by then the Monash Freeway.^[10] As part of the freeway project, the line was rerouted through an artificial tunnel, and a timber trestle bridge crossing a local creek was replaced.^[11] East Malvern was upgraded to a premium station on 21 August 1995.^[12]

There have been some minor changes in the 21st century, with the footbridge being rebuilt in 2009 to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway, and the provision of a Parkiteer secure bike cage next to the entrance of Platform 1 in the 2010s.^[13]

Description

The station is close to the Waverley Road shopping precinct and Waverley Park.^[14] It is 13.75 kilometres (8.54 mi), or a 25-minute train journey, from Southern Cross station. The two platforms are approximately 160 metres (520 ft) long, with asphalt surfaces and concrete edges.

The station building, platforms, and overpass remain largely as when they were rebuilt in 1975, with the main changes being updated signage and more car parking. There are now 675 car parks on the south side of the station.^[15][16] On the Metro Trains website, the station is described as "assisted access", because the access ramp is too steep for wheelchair users to traverse on their own.^[17]

Platforms and services

East Malvern has two side platforms. It is served by Glen Waverley line trains.^[18]

Platform 1:

•  Glen Waverley line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Glen Waverley line  all stations services to Glen Waverley

Transport links

East Malvern station connects with the route 612 bus service from Box Hill station to Chadstone Shopping Centre.^[19] The nearest bus stop is 200 metres away, in Malvern Road, although rail replacement bus stops are located adjacent to the station.

Bus connections:

•  612 : Box Hill station – Chadstone Shopping Centre

Footnotes

References

1. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
2. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
3. Victoria, Public Transport. "East Malvern Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. "East Malvern". vicsig.net. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
5. Bau, Mark. "Darling Signalling Diagram 1928". Victorian Railways.net. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
6. "Glen Waverley, 1960s | Melbourne tram, Melbourne suburbs, Time in australia". Pinterest. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
7. "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.
8. "Glen Waverley". Victorian Railways. VicRail. July 1975. p. 103.
9. "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1975. p. 68.
10. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 93.
11. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1988. p. 123.
12. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
13. "Parkiteer | Secure cage locations". Bicycle Network. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
14. "Waverley Park". www.stonnington.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
15. https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/714471/Neerim-Road-and-Glen-Huntly-Road-car-parking-fact-sheet.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
16. "Malvern East parking – Car Parks, Street Parking, Private Garages". en.parkopedia.com.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
17. "East Malvern". www.metrotrains.com.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
18. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
19. "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Public Transport Victoria
• Media related to East Malvern railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons