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Malvern railway station, Melbourne

Coordinates: 37°51′59″S 145°01′44″E / 37.8664°S 145.0290°E / -37.8664; 145.0290
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Malvern
PTV commuter rail station
North-western view from Platform 4 in June 2014
General information
StandortStation Street
Malvern, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates37°51′59″S 145°01′44″E / 37.8664°S 145.0290°E / -37.8664; 145.0290
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance10.11 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
ConnectionsMetropolitan tram Tram
Bauwesen
Structure typeLowered
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeMAL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 May 1879; 145 years ago (1879-05-07)
Rebuilt1914
ElectrifiedMarch 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2017–2018953,261[1]
2018–2019832,800[1] Decrease 12.63%
2019–2020586,650[1] Decrease 29.55%
2020–2021340,300[1] Decrease 41.99%
2021–2022371,100[1] Increase 9.05%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
South Yarra
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line
Limited service
 Caulfield
towards East Pakenham
Cranbourne line
Limited service
 Caulfield
towards Cranbourne
Armadale
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Caulfield
towards Frankston
South Yarra
Citybound limited express service
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
Track layout
Legend
to Armadale
1
2
4
3
to Caulfield

Malvern railway station is a commuter railway station on the southern border of Malvern, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[2] The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and was opened on 7 May 1879. The station consists of an island platform and two side platforms all accessed by a pedestrian bridge. There are two principal station buildings located on the central platform (platforms 2 and 3) and on platform 4, consisting of a small two and one-story brick buildings.[3] These buildings were provided in 1914, as ticketing and staff offices.[4] The station is only partially accessible due to a multiple steep access ramps.

Malvern railway station is served by the Frankston line, with limited services on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are all part of the Melbourne railway network. The station also connects to route 16 and 64 tram services.[5][6][7] The journey to Flinders Street railway station is approximately 8.5 km (5.3 mi) and takes 15 minutes.[2]

Description

Malvern railway station is on the boundary of Malvern and Caulfield North, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. East of the station is Glenferrie Road, and south of the station is Dandenong Road. The station is located nearby to the Glenferrie Road shopping precinct, Malvern Central Shopping Centre, and the future Malvern Collective apartment building. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and the station is operated by Metro Trains.[8] The station is 8.5 km (5.3 mi), or a 15-minute train journey, from Flinders Street station.[2] The adjacent stations are Armadale station up towards Melbourne and Caulfield station down towards Dandenong or Frankston.[9][10]

The station consists of a single island platform and two side platforms. The platforms are of standard design for the Melbourne commuter rail network, with an asphalt surface and concrete edges. The platforms are approximately 160 metres (524.93 ft) long, enough for a Metro Trains 7-car High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT). The station features a pedestrian bridge, accessed from the centre of the platforms by a ramp.[4] The station has two heritage-listed station buildings that were former ticketing offices. Both of these buildings are now used as staff facilities. Distinct Edwardian architectural features of the two red brick station buildings include ornate parapets, cement banding, tall chimneys with terracotta pots, tiled hip roof with terracotta finials, and stucco walls.[4] These features are alike to the adjacent stations of Armadale, Toorak, and Hawksburn, with a similar style featured at other stations constructed in eastern Melbourne at the time.[4] The signal box was constructed in 1915 and is also of made of red brick with the original fittings retained in the room.[11]

The station building, platform, and overpass are largely the same as when originally built, with the main change being updated signage, technology, and the addition of two new platform canopies amongst other minor building and platform upgrades. There is no dedicated car-parking available at the station, instead there are a limited number of on-street parking spaces for travellers to use.[8] The station is listed as an "assisted access" station on the Metro Trains website, as the access ramp is too steep and would require assistance for wheelchair customers to traverse.[8][12]

History

A map showing the planned housing estate next to Malvern station
The housing estate located adjacent to Malvern railway station.

Malvern railway station was opened on 7 May 1879, with the station consisting of a single platform and track for commuter and freight service.[13][14] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the Malvern Hill Estate. The housing lots within the estate were sold by barrister Charles Skinner in 1856, who named the estate after the Malvern Hills in Herefordshire, England.[15] The first station buildings were opened on the site between 1881 and 1883 to coincide with the duplication of track between the city and Oakleigh. The current station, designed by chief architect for the Department of Way and Works James Hardy was constructed in 1914 to provide improved and additional facilities to what had become an increasingly busy and important location on the train network.[4] The station rebuild was part of level crossing removal works that removed all level crossings, rebuilt all stations, and quadruplicated the corridor between South Yarra and Caulfield by 1914.[16] Later in 1922, the line was electrified using 1500 V DC overhead wires, with three-position signalling also introduced.[4][17]

The station has mostly stayed the same since 1914, with only minor upgrades taking place. In 1988, the former electrified goods yard were removed. This platform had been used for cargo and postal deliveries during its operational life, however was decommissioned after the reduction in use.[3] The station underwent minor upgrades with the installation of new shelters on Platform 1 in the 2010s. In September 2021, High Capacity Metro Trains used on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines were certified to stop at platforms 3 and 4 only, due to the Frankston line not receiving approval for their use.[18]

In 2015, Stonnington Council rezoned land surrounding the station to allow for higher density residential and commercial development.[19][20][21]

June 2014 fatality

The drivers cab of a Comeng train was entered into without authorisation, resulting in the teenagers death.

On June 13 2014, a 17 year old Beaumaris male by the name of Jack Irving was fatally killed when he leaned out of a moving train 200m from Malvern station.[22][23] The teenager, accompanied by two others broke into the back carriage of the Frankston-bound train before leaning outside.[24] The teenager suffered significant injuries, later resulting in his death.[24] The coroners' findings into his death found that the teenager was observed to hold onto two bars either side of the door at the back drivers cab of the train.[25] Jack was then observed leaning out the open door backwards, with the majority of his body outside of the train. Within a few seconds of leaning out of the drivers cab, Jack struck a ladder, associated with Signal F295, and fell onto the tracks.[25] Witnesses described that Jack's whole body was leaning out, except for his feet, when he was struck.[25] Despite being transported to The Alfred Hospital for medical attention, Jack was died as a result of his injuries at 10:43pm.[22] The findings found that the door was opened by those unauthorised to do so, allowing them entry into a restricted space onboard the train.[25] The coroner found that Jack exercised poor judgment by leaning out of the side driver cab door while the train was in motion, colliding with a ladder and resulting in his death.[25] Two recommendations were made to Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) about improving the safety of the trains, including a new 'smarter' locking system and a digital detection and alert system to notify the driver that the cab has been opened.[25]

Platforms and services

The station is currently served by Pakenham, Cranbourne, and Frankston line trains—all on the metropolitan railway network. The Pakenham line runs between Pakenham station and Flinders Street station via the City Loop.[9] The Cranbourne line also follows a similar route, joining the Pakenham line at Dandenong before continuing to the city.[26] Due to low patronage, the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines only stop at the station during off-peak periods.[27][28] The Frankston line runs from Frankston station south east of Melbourne, joining the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines at Caulfield station before continuing onto the Werribee or Williamstown lines via Flinders Street station.[10] From 2025, the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines will run via the Metro Tunnel before continuing onto the Sunbury line to Sunbury.[29]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

From 2025, the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines will be connected to the Sunbury line via the Metro Tunnel. From 2029, the lines will also be connected to the Melbourne Airport rail link.[30]

Malvern station has two tram connections with no bus connections. The route 16 tram service operates from nearby Glenferrie Road up towards the city and down towards Kew.[6] The route 64 tram service operates from nearby Dandenong Road up towards the city and down towards East Brighton.[7] The station has an accessible platform tram stop for routes 16 and 64 on adjacent Dandenong road.[31][32] The Route 16 stop outside the station is not wheelchair accessible, instead, this stop is operated through an on-street tram stop.[31] Malvern station also has train replacement bus stops located adjacent to the station.

Tram connections:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  2. ^ a b c Public Transport Victoria. "Malvern Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1988. p. 220.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Victorian Heritage Database. "MALVERN RAILWAY STATION". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ^ "5 Melbourne University - Malvern". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. ^ a b c "16 Melbourne University - Kew via St Kilda Beach". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ a b c "64 Melbourne University - East Brighton". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ a b c "Malvern". www.metrotrains.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ a b "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "Sth Yarra to Malvern signal diagram". www.victorianrailways.net. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Access Guide". www.metrotrains.com.au. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  13. ^ "OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE TO OAKLEIGH RAILWAY". Leader. 5 April 1879. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  14. ^ "OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE TO OAKLEIGH RAILWAY". Illustrated Australian News. 12 April 1879. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Malvern". Victorian Places. 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Woodcock, Ian; Stone, John (10 April 2018). "Level-crossing removals: learning from Melbourne's experience" (PDF). Melbourne School of Design. pp. 45–48. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  17. ^ "GREAT RAILWAY UNDERTAKING". The Herald. 15 July 1913. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  18. ^ Office of Head Network Safety (21 September 2021). "Weekly Operational Notice No. 38/2021" (PDF). p. 8.
  19. ^ Stonnington City Council (2015). "STONNINGTON PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C223 EXPLANATORY REPORT" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Malvern's super development site subject to a considerable application". Urban.com.au. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Malvern's mega development site curtailed but still imposing". Urban.com.au. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  22. ^ a b Zielinski, Caroline (16 June 2014). "Father pays tribute to his 'beautiful boy', killed near Malvern train station". The Age. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Train safety review after Vic teen death". SBS News. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  24. ^ a b "Teen killed leaning out of Melbourne train". ABC News. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  25. ^ a b c d e f Ollie, John (29 May 2015). "Finding into death without inquest" (PDF).
  26. ^ "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  27. ^ "New timetable train line information – Cranbourne and Pakenham lines". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Timetable changes on the Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  29. ^ Victoria’s Big Build (28 November 2022). "About the Metro Tunnel Project". Victoria’s Big Build. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  30. ^ Victoria’s Big Build (12 April 2023). "Metro Tunnel Project". Victoria’s Big Build. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  31. ^ a b "Route 16 - Yarra Trams". yarratrams.com.au. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  32. ^ "Route 64 - Yarra Trams". yarratrams.com.au. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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