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Glen Waverley is the terminus of the Glen Waverley line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. [6] Additionally, the station is served by ten bus routes , including SmartBus route 902. [ 7 ] The station is approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) or around a 35-minute train ride from Flinders Street station .
During peak hours, most trains run express during peak hours, with increased frequency on both directions, but more frequent on the direction of peak. Using the triple track from Box Hill to Burnley, express trains can overtake stops all trains in the direction of peak. Glen Waverley trains run direct to and from Flinders Street on weekday ...
The total length of tunnels in the loop is 12 km (7.5 mi) with 10 km (6.2 mi) of circular tunnels, and 2 km (1.2 mi) of box tunnels. The four tunnels have an average length of 3.74 km (2.32 mi), with a further 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of track connecting with surface tracks.
The line operates with headways of up to 10 minutes during peak hours and as long as 30 minutes during off-peak hours. [2] Trains on the Glen Waverley line run with two three-car formations of X'Trapolis 100 trainsets. [3] Sections of the Glen Waverley line opened as early as 1890, with the line fully extended to Glen Waverley in 1930.
An X'Trapolis 100 train preparing to departing from Platform 2 at Box Hill station. The Lilydale line uses X'Trapolis 100 electric multiple unit (EMU) trains operating in a two three-car configuration, with three doors per side on each carriage and can accommodate up to 432 seated passengers in each six car configuration. [ 42 ]
Mount Waverley station opened on 5 May 1930, when the railway line was extended from East Malven to Glen Waverley. [5] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Sir Walter Scott's novel Waverley. The suburb was given the name "Mount Waverley" in 1905 to distinguish it from the neighbouring suburb of Glen Waverley. [12] [13]
The station opened on 6 January 1880 as "Clayton's Road". [6] It did not receive its current name until 1890. [6] It is approximately 17 kilometres from Flinders Street, or about 33 minutes by train. [7] [8] The station was previously at grade but, in 2018, a new, elevated station was opened, as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project. [9]
The line through Waverley station was the only link between the lines east and west of Edinburgh. [note 1] Mineral traffic increased considerably as the Lothian coalfield (south-east of Edinburgh) was developed, and much of the extracted mineral was consigned to the west of Scotland for shipment. All the goods and mineral traffic had to pass ...