Mount Waverley railway station is a commuter railway station in the suburb of Mount Waverley in the south east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and is part of the Glen Waverley line on Melbourne's suburban rail network. The station opened in 1930 as a part of the extension from East Malvern to Glen Waverley. The station consists of two side which are connected to each other via the adjacent roads, additionally both platforms are connected to each other via a pedestrian subway. Additionally the station is served by bus routes 623 and 733. The station is appromixately 18 kilometres (11 mi) or around a 30 minute train ride away from Flinders Street.

Description 
Mount Waverley railway station is located in the suburb of Mount Waverley. On the north side of the station is Millers Crescent and Hamilton Place is to the south. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The station is approximately  or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.

Mount Waverley station consists of two side platforms which are connected to each other via a  pedestrian subway. The length of the platform is approximately , long enough for a Metro Trains 7-car HCMT. There is a single station building which primarily serves as a waiting room.

The main car park at the station is located on Alexander Street just south-west of the station. Although there are ramps they do not fully comply with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 as the gradient of the ramps is steeper than the maximum of 1:14 allowed under the Act.

History
Mount Waverley station opened on 5 May 1930, when the railway line was extended from East Malven to Glen Waverley. 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.

In the late 1950s a second platform was build at the station as part of the duplication works on the Glen Waverley line. In 1972, the emergency crossover was abolished.

In 1975, the current station buildings were provided.

On 18 January 1995, Mount Waverley was the first station on the metropolitan railway system to be upgraded to a premium station.

Platforms and services 
The station is currently served by the Glen Waverley line which is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to Glen Waverley travel east. Services to the city head to Burnley, joining the Belgrave, Lilydale, and Alamein lines before heading to Richmond and traveling through the City Loop in a clockwise direction.

Platform 1:
  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:
  all stations services to Glen Waverley

Transport links
Mount Waverley is served by bus routes 623 and 733. Mount Waverley does not have a bus interchange and instead both routes depart from 2 separate stops with route 623 serving the bus stop on Miller Crescent and route 733 serving the "Mount Waverley Shopping Centre" bus stop on Stephensons Road.

Millers Crescent 
 : Glen Waverley station – St Kilda

Stephensons Road 
 : to Box Hill station – Oakleigh station

References

External links
 
 Melway map at street-directory.com.au

Premium Melbourne railway stations
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1930
Railway stations in the City of Monash