East Malvern railway station
in Malvern East, AustraliaCategory: Attraction
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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.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.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, 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. Parcel facilities were also abolished around this time.The Monash Freeway overpass, located at the down end of the station, was provided around 1987/1988. 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.East Malvern was upgraded to a Premium station on 21 August 1995. The footbridge, located at the down end of the station, was replaced in 2009, to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway.
