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Holmesglen railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, and it opened on 5 May 1930.[1]

Holmesglen
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view of the station building in January 2021
General information
Location	Warrigal Road, Malvern East, Victoria 3145 City of Stonnington Australia
Coordinates	37°52′27″S 145°05′29″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
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	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Host Station
Station code	HOL
Fare zone	Myki Zones 1/2 Overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	5 May 1930; 92 years ago (1930-05-05)
Rebuilt	28 June 1964
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station East Malvern towards Flinders Street Glen Waverley line Jordanville towards Glen Waverley
Track layout Legend to East Malvern Monash Freeway Scotsman Creek 1 2 to Jordanville

History

Holmesglen station is named after the father of Malvern Council at the time of its opening, Councillor L. W. Holmes.[2]

The current island platform was provided in 1964, in conjunction with the duplication of the line between East Malvern and Mount Waverley.[1]

The rail bridge near the station was the crime scene of an infamous Melbourne murder in the 1960s.[3]

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.[4]

The station was the site of a collision involving two Comeng train sets on 26 July 2000.[5][6]

Platforms and services

Holmesglen has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[7]

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 Holmesglen station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  624 : Kew – Oakleigh station[8]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Holmesglen station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  SmartBus   903 : Altona station – Mordialloc[9]

Gallery

• 
  Westbound view from Platform 2 in July 2012

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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