Waverley Road station
Opened on 3 Mar 1890 as 'Waverley' on the section between Burnley - Oakleigh stations, renamed on 23 Jun 1890.
Became a junction on 30 May 1890 when the line from Camberwell opened. Closed Dec 1895.
Network 1890
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Waverley Road was on the Outer Circle line. The station was about 120 meters south of Waverley Road.
The former ROW for the outer circle line can be seen on the google map image. The other diagram was done in 1907 for a land sale.
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Aerial view of East Malvern and Chadstone c. 1930
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The former outer circle line, Black Bridge, and the old line from Darling can be seen. Waverley Road station area can be discerned. The Glen Waverley line goes across west to east.
Waverley Road Station after closure
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Waverley Road was Staff and Ticket station, being provided with a signal box of 28 levers. Two platforms.
Remains of Waverley Road station in 1940. Looking north towards Ashburton, the track on the left is the abandoned line to Burnley.
(Photo: Guy Bakewell collection / ARHS.)
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Black Bridge in Ashburton 1905.
(Photo by Michael J Drew; Max Thomson Collection.)
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C286 at Ashburton c. 1900
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C class 4-4-0 well tank
286 was built by Phoenix Ballarat 1883
Typical train on the outer circle railway ...
Efforts to be all in vain ..
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Remains of Waverley Road Station c. 1940
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Possibly the old line to Darling going off to the left.
Aerial photograph of East Malvern and Chadstone looking north-west c. 1930
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Former outer circle line, Black Bridge and the connection to Darling can be seen, as well as the Glen Waverley railway.
Looking towards the Outer Circle railway from Waverley Junction c. 1925
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Looking south across Waverley Road Malvern East.
This is the old right of way for the outer circle railway.
Waverley Road station was around 120 metres south of the road in this nature reserve.
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