East Malvern railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, and opened on 3 February 1929 as Eastmalvern. It was renamed East Malvern on 29 February 1972.[1]

East Malvern
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view in 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	Ground
Parking	676
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	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; 93 years ago (1929-02-03)
Rebuilt	1975
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Previous names	Eastmalvern (1929-1972)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Darling towards Flinders Street Glen Waverley line Holmesglen towards Glen Waverley
Track layout Legend to Darling 1 2 to Holmesglen

History

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

For just over a year after it opened, East Malvern was the terminus of the new extension under construction from Darling to Glen Waverley. The rest of the Glen Waverley line was inaugurated on 5 May 1930.[1]

During part of the 1950s and 1960s, there was a short extra dock platform at the down end of Platform 1, making that half of it resemble an island platform. Trains of from one to three cars could fit in the dock platform, but it usually accommodated a single swing-door ("dogbox") car,[2] which ran a shuttle between East Malvern to Glen Waverley,[3] with most trains at night and on weekends terminating at East Malvern. Every second or third East Malvern train connected with the Glen Waverley shuttle. The dock platform had been abolished by 1954.[1]

The line between East Malvern and Darling was duplicated in 1956,[1] with duplication to Mount Waverley occurring in 1964.[1]

The current station buildings were provided in 1975,[4] and parcel facilities were abolished around that time.[5]

The Monash Freeway overpass, located adjacent to the station in the down direction, was opened in around 1987/1988.[6] While the freeway was under construction, the line was slewed to run through an artificial tunnel, and a timber trestle bridge, which crossed over a local creek, was replaced.[7]

East Malvern was upgraded to a Premium Station on 21 August 1995.[8] The footbridge, located at the down end of the station, was replaced in 2009, to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway.[9]

There is a Parkiteer secure bike cage located next to the station entrance on Platform 1.[10] A $50 refundable deposit is required to be granted access to the cage.

Platforms and services

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

Platforms 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

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

•  612 : Box Hill station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[12]

Gallery

• 
  Platform 2 and new footbridge over the Monash Freeway, December 2009

References

External links

• Media related to East Malvern railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map