Malvern railway station, Melbourne

Malvern
PTV commuter rail station
North-west bound view from Platform 3, February 2025
General information
LocationStation Street,
Malvern, Victoria 3144 City of Stonnington
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
Construction
Structure typeLowered
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeMAL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
History
Opened7 May 1879 (1879-05-07)
Rebuilt1914
ElectrifiedMarch 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
Passengers (2017–2018)953,261[1]
Passengers (2018–2019)832,800[1] Decrease 12.63%
Passengers (2019–2020)586,650[1] Decrease 29.55%
Passengers (2020–2021)340,300[1] Decrease 41.99%
Passengers (2021–2022)371,100[1] Increase 9.05%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Anzac
towards Watergardens or Sunbury via Town Hall
 Cranbourne line Caulfield
towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
Pakenham line
Armadale
towards Flinders Street via City Loop
 Frankston line Caulfield
towards Frankston
South Yarra
Citybound only
towards Flinders Street via City Loop
 Frankston line
Express services
 Caulfield
One-way operation
Track layout
to Armadale
1
2
4
3
to Caulfield

Malvern is a train station on the Frankston, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines. This station and the three lines are part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves Malvern. Malvern is a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Malvern railway station is on Glenferrie Road and Dandenong Road. The station is near the Glenferrie Road shops and Malvern Central Shopping Centre.

Malvern station is also near some apartments.[2][3] It is controlled by Metro Trains Melbourne,[4] and the station design is almost the same as Caulfield station down towards the Dandenong direction and Frankston direction. The journey from here to Flinders Street station is 8.5 km (5.3 mi) long. This journey is also 15 minutes.[5] Trains to Town Hall using the Metro Tunnel are faster, which takes about 12 minutes.

History

Malvern station first opened on 7 May 1879.[6][7] The station and suburb's name came from an estate near here which was named after the Malvern Hills in Herefordshire, England.[8]

The current station now was built in 1914.[9] In 1922, the line was electrified with overhead wires. The station went through some upgrades with new canopies built on Platform 1 in 2010. High Capacity Metro Trains, the trains on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines were allowed stop at platforms 3 and 4.[10]

Platforms

This station has one island platform in the middle and two side platforms on the outside. The four platforms are 160 metres (524.93 ft) long. This is enough for a Metro Trains 7-car High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT). The station has a footbridge. The footbridge is entered from the centre of the platforms by a steep ramp.[9] The station has two, very important, red brick station buildings.

The Frankston line runs from Frankston. It joins the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines one stop ahead at Caulfield station before continuing to the City Loop using Flinders Street station. The Pakenham and Cranbourne lines run to Cranbourne or East Pakenham using the Metro Tunnel before becoming the Sunbury line and going to Sunbury.[11]

Malvern platform arrangement
Platform Line Where to? Using Service Type Notes Source
1  Frankston line  Flinders Street City Loop Trains stop at all stations. [12]
2  Frankston line  Cheltenham, Carrum ,Frankston Trains stop at all stations. Services to Cheltenham and Carrum only operate during weekday peaks. [12]
3  Cranbourne line 
 Pakenham line 		 Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray Town Hall Limited express: The next 3 stations from Armadale to Hawksburn are skipped. [13][14]
4  Cranbourne line 
 Pakenham line 		 East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Westall All stations trains. [13][14]


Nearby Transport

Three tram routes that stop here:

Route 5 goes to Melbourne University and Malvern. Route 16 tram services travels to Melbourne University and down towards Kew. Route 64 tram service goes towards Melbourne University and towards East Brighton.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  2. ↑ "Location & Parking – Malvern Central Shopping Centre Melbourne". www.malverncentralshopping.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Malvern Collective – Kokoda Property". www.kokodaproperty.com.au. 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Malvern". www.metrotrains.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Public Transport Victoria. "Malvern Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE TO OAKLEIGH RAILWAY". Leader. 5 April 1879. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE TO OAKLEIGH RAILWAY". Illustrated Australian News. 12 April 1879. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Malvern". Victorian Places. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  9. 1 2 Victorian Heritage Database. "MALVERN RAILWAY STATION". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Office of Head Network Safety (21 September 2021). "Weekly Operational Notice No. 38/2021" (PDF). p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  11. ↑ Victoria’s Big Build (28 November 2022). "About the Metro Tunnel Project". Victoria’s Big Build. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Frankston Line". Transport Victoria. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  13. 1 2 "Cranbourne Line". Transport Victoria. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  14. 1 2 "Pakenham Line". Transport Victoria. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
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