East Malvern railway station

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.

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For just over a year, East Malvern was the terminus of the line, until it was extended to Glen Waverley 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 Platform 1 an island platform. Trains, of from one to three cars could fit alongside the platform, but usually only a single-car swing door ("dogbox") or Tait train, would run an East Malvern to Glen Waverley shuttle, due to the fact that most trains at night and on weekends terminated at East Malvern, with only every second or third train from Melbourne connecting with the shuttle service to Glen Waverley.

The current station buildings were provided in 1975. Parcel facilities were also abolished around this time.

The Monash Freeway overpass, located almost 1km 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.