Mount Waverley railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in

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, Australia. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of

Mount Waverley Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Mount Waverley recorded a population of 35,340 at the 2021 census. It ...

, and it opened on 5 May 1930.

History

Mount Waverley station opened on 5 May 1930, when the railway line from East Malvern was extended to

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. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Sir Walter Scott's novel ''

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''. In 1953, the station was closed to goods traffic. In 1955, the current Platform 2 was provided. In 1958, the line to Syndal was duplicated and, in 1964, the line was duplicated to East Malvern. An emergency

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, located at the Up end of the station, was also provided in that year. In 1972, the emergency crossover was abolished. In 1975, the current station buildings were provided. On 18 January 1995, Mount Waverley was the first station on the metropolitan railway system to be upgraded to a

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Facilities, platforms and services

Mount Waverley has two

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s, linked by an

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at the Up (western) end of the station, and an overpass on Stephenson Road. Platform 1 features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. It is served by Glen Waverley line trains. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to

Transport Links

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operates one route via Mount Waverley station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : Glen Waverley station – St Kilda

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operates one route via Mount Waverley Station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : Oakleigh station – Box Hill station

Gallery

Mount Waverley.jpg, Westbound view in May 2006

References

External links

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Melway map
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