Holmesglen railway station

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Holmesglen
PTV commuter rail station
Holmesglen railway station - Melbourne.jpg
Westbound view of the station building in January 2021
LocationWarrigal Road,
Malvern East, Victoria 3145
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°52′27″S 145°05′29″E / 37.87419°S 145.09141°E / -37.87419; 145.09141Coordinates: 37°52′27″S 145°05′29″E / 37.87419°S 145.09141°E / -37.87419; 145.09141
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance15.65 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking150
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Host Station
Station codeHOL
Fare zoneMyki Zones 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened5 May 1930
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
East Malvern
towards Flinders Street
 Glen Waverley line Jordanville
towards Glen Waverley
Track layout
Legend
to East Malvern
Monash Freeway
Scotsman Creek
1
2
to Jordanville

Holmesglen railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, and it opened on 5 May 1930.[1]

The station is named after the father of Malvern Council at the time of its opening, Councillor L. W. Holmes.[2]

The current island platform was provided in 1964, in conjunction with the duplication of the line between East Malvern and Mount Waverley.[1]

The rail bridge near the station was the crime scene of an infamous Melbourne murder in the 1960s.[3]

The station is directly connected via a walkway to the adjacent Chadstone Campus of Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, with which the station shares its name.

During June and early July 1991, the station was patrolled 24 hours a day by the former Victoria Transit Patrol department, working in conjunction with local police, as part of the Public Transport Corporation 'Travel Safe' program of the early 1990s.[4]

The station was the site of a collision involving two Comeng train sets on 26 July 2000.[5][6]

Platforms and services[]

Holmesglen has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[7]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

Transport Links[]

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Holmesglen station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  624 : Kew – Oakleigh station[8]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Holmesglen station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery[]

  • Westbound view from Platform 2 in July 2012

References[]

  1. ^ a b Holmesglen Vicsig
  2. ^ "Local and General News". The Prahran Telegraph. Victoria, Australia. 9 August 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Limelight (16 December 2015). "The Holmesglen Murder". Twisted History | Limelight Tours. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1991. p. 362.
  5. ^ Victorian Department of Infrastructure Accident Report
  6. ^ Suburban - Holmesglen Crash Vicsig
  7. ^ "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "624 Kew - Oakleigh via Caulfield & Carnegie & Darling and Chadstone (From 4-11-2018)". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.

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