The first section of what later became the Glen Waverley line opened on 3 March 1890, as part of the
Outer Circle railway connecting
Burnley and
Oakleigh stations. After the Outer Circle line from Oakleigh to
Camberwell was closed on 9 December 1895, trains from Melbourne terminated at
Darling. East Malvern station opened on 3 February 1929 as a one-stop extension of the Darling line. The line was extended from East Malvern to
Glen Waverley in the following year. Until the 1950s there was a
dock platform at the
down end of Platform 1, which could accommodate trains of up to three cars. However, it was typically used by a single
swing-door "dogbox" car, which ran a shuttle service between East Malvern and Glen Waverley, because most off-peak trains terminated at East Malvern. Every second or third train to East Malvern connected with the Glen Waverley shuttle. The dock platform was abolished in 1954 after the restructuring of services. , December 2009. Around that time, parcel facilities were abolished. 1988 saw the opening of a
pedestrian overpass serving both platforms, as well as crossing what had become by then the
Monash Freeway. As part of the freeway project, the line was rerouted through an artificial
tunnel, and a timber
trestle bridge crossing a local creek was replaced. East Malvern was upgraded to a
premium station on 21 August 1995. There have been some minor changes in the 21st century, with the footbridge being rebuilt in 2009 to accommodate the widening of the Monash Freeway, and the provision of a Parkiteer secure bike cage next to the entrance of Platform 1 in the 2010s. ==Description==