Glen Waverley railway line, Melbourne

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The Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. It branches from the Lilydale line at Burnley station. It has 12 stations in Metcard ticketing Zones 1 and 2.

1 Description
2 Infrastructure
3 List of stations
4 Services
5 External links, maps, and timetables

[edit] Description

The Glen Waverley line leaves the Lilydale line at Burnley and crosses the Yarra River to follow the valley of Gardiners Creek through seven stations to Holmesglen. Next it rises through Jordanville and Mount Waverley stations before reaching a peak at Lawrence Road. After this the line descends rapidly to a bridge across a valley before the next station, Syndal. The line rises and falls again to the terminus, Glen Waverley.

The journey from Holmesglen to the terminus involves some of the steepest grades in Melbourne (1 in 30).

Despite the heavy grades, earthworks are fairly moderate. The line has several level crossings in the Gardiners Creek section, but the rest of the line crosses roads by means of bridges over or under the railway. The level crossings include two of Melbourne's four locations where the railway crosses tram lines. These are at Glenferrie Road near Kooyong Station and at Burke Road near Gardiner Station.

[edit] Infrastructure

The line is double-tracked throughout, and controlled by automatic block signalling. Intermediate terminating facilities are provided only at Darling, although it is not normally used. Stabling facilities are provided at the junction (Burnley) and the terminus (Glen Waverley).

[edit] List of stations

Bold stations are terminuses, italic stations are staffed.

Branches from the Lilydale line at Burnley.

[edit] Services

All Glen Waverley line services run the whole distance to Flinders Street Station either directly or through the City Loop.

Frequencies vary according to the time of day and the day of week:

Weekday daytime off-peak	every 15 minutes
Weekday and Saturday evening	every 30 minutes
Saturday and Sunday daytime	every 20 minutes
Sunday early morning and evening	every 40 minutes