Passenger rail service in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Stony Point
Sprinter railcar on the Stony Point line.
Overview
Service type
Commuter rail
System
Melbourne railway network
Status
Operational
Locale
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Predecessor
Baxter (1888–1889)
Stony Point (1889–1981)
Tyabb (1981–1984)
First service
1 October 1888; 135 years ago (1888-10-01)
Current operator(s)
Metro Trains
Former operator(s)
Victorian Railways (VR) (1889–1974)
VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
STA (V/Line) (1983–1989)
PTC (V/Line) (1989–1998)
Bayside Trains (1998–2000)
M>Train (2000–2004)
Connex Melbourne (2004–2009)
Route
Termini
Frankston Stony Point
Stops
10
Distance travelled
31 km (19 mi)
Average journey time
36 minutes
Service frequency
90–120 minutes
Line(s) used
Stony Point
Technical
Rolling stock
Sprinter DMU
Track gauge
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Track owner(s)
VicTrack
Route map
Legend
h:mm
km
zone
Frankston line
to Flinders Street
0:00
42.7
Frankston
●
2
0:02
44.5
Leawarra
0:09
50.7
Baxter
0:13
54.6
Somerville
0:17
58.6
Tyabb
0:22
63.8
Hastings
0:26
67.4
Bittern
0:29
69.7
Morradoo
0:32
71.6
Crib Point
0:36
73.4
Stony Point
2
h:mm
km
zone
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The Stony Point line is a commuter railway line in the outer metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's only diesel service on the metropolitan network and the tenth longest line at 31 kilometres (19 mi). The line acts as an extension of the Frankston line with services running from Frankston station to the small town of Stony Point in the south-east, serving 10 stations via Leawarra, Baxter, Hastings, and Bittern.[2] The line operates for approximately 13 hours a day (from approximately 5:30 am to around 10:30 pm), unlike other lines on the network, which provide 24-hour service on Friday and Saturday nights. Headways of 90 to 120 minutes are operated throughout the day due to limited patronage and infrastructure constraints.[3] Trains on the Stony Point line run as two one-car formations of V/Line Sprinter DMUs.
Sections of the Stony Point line opened as early as 1888, with the line fully extended to Stony Point in 1889. Only two stations have opened since its extension in the 1880s—Leawarra and Morradoo.[4] The line was built to connect Melbourne and Frankston with the rural towns of Baxter, Hastings, and Bittern, amongst others. The line also facilitates freight services to the Port of Hastings. Significant growth has occurred since the line's opening, with a plan to extend the Frankston line along part of the Stony Point line to Baxter.[5]
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^"Metro's paper timetables mess". Daniel Bowen. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^"New timetable train line information – Public Transport Victoria". 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^"What year did your railway station open?". Public Transport Users Association. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^"Baxter electrification business case". Transport for Victoria. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019.
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