Glen Waverley line

Glen Waverley line
X'Trapolis train at Glen Waverley station.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail
System	Melbourne railway network
Status	Operational
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Predecessor	Darling (1890–1922) Darling ^ (1922–1929) East Malvern ^ (1929–1930) ^ are electric services
First service	24 March 1890; 134 years ago (1890-03-24)
Current operator(s)	Metro Trains
Former operator(s)	Victorian Railways (VR) (1890–1974) VR as VicRail (1974–1983) MTA (The Met) (1983–1989) PTC (The Met) (1989–1998) Hillside Trains (1998–2000) Connex Melbourne (2000–2009)
Route
Termini	Flinders Street Glen Waverley
Stops	20 (including City Loop stations)
Distance travelled	21.3 km (13.2 mi)
Average journey time	36 minutes (not via City Loop)
Service frequency	10–15 minutes weekdays peak 10–20 minutes weekdays off-peak 20 minutes weekend daytime 30 minutes nights 60 minutes early weekend mornings Occasional services run express from Richmond to Darling
Line(s) used	Glen Waverley
Technical
Rolling stock	X'Trapolis 100
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	1500 V DC overhead
Track owner(s)	VicTrack
Route map Legend h:mm km zone 1.2 Southern Cross ●●●●●●● 1 1.3 Flagstaff ●●● 1.9 Melbourne Central 3.0 Parliament ●● 0:00 0.0 Flinders Street ●●●● 0:03 2.6 Richmond ●●●●●●■ 0:05 3.1 East Richmond ■■ 0:07 4.1 Burnley ●●●■ 0:10 5.9 Heyington 0:12 7.1 Kooyong ■ 0:14 8.4 Tooronga 0:16 9.4 Gardiner ■ 0:18 10.3 Glen Iris ■ 1 0:20 11.4 Darling 1/2 0:22 12.5 East Malvern 0:25 14.4 Holmesglen 1/2 0:28 16.4 Jordanville 2 0:30 17.8 Mount Waverley 0:33 19.7 Syndal 0:36 21.0 Glen Waverley 2 h:mm km zone This diagram: view talk edit

The Glen Waverley line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[1] Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's sixth shortest metropolitan railway line at 21.3 kilometres (13.2 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Glen Waverley station in the east, serving 20 stations including Burnley, Kooyong, East Malvern, and Jordanville.^[1] The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day (from approximately 5:15 am to around 12:00 am) with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. 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. The line was built to connect Melbourne with the rural towns of Kooyong, East Malvern, Mt Waverley, and Glen Waverley, amongst others.

Since the 2010s, due to the heavily utilised infrastructure of the Glen Waverley line, significant improvements and upgrades have been made. Different packages of works have upgraded the corridor to replace sleepers, upgrade signalling technology, introduce new rolling stock, and remove 2 out of the 6 remaining level crossings.^[4]