Baxter railway station, Melbourne
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Station information | |
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Code | BXR |
Distance from Flinders St | 50.7 km |
Line | Stony Point |
Number of platforms | 1 |
Number of tracks | 1 |
Station status | Unmanned Station |
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables |
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Melway map of station | |
Google map of station | Not available |
Zone location | 2 |
Baxter is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Baxter, on the Stony Point railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2. It is the former junction of the Mornington railway line.
Baxter station is unmanned.
[edit] Location
The station is located at the northern end of the Baxter-Tooradin Road level crossing. Shops are located near the station.
[edit] Facilities
The station consists of only one platform. The platform contains a small shelter. Like all stations on the Stony Point line, Baxter contains no Metcard machine or validators, but they are on the MTH carriages that use the line, thus requiring passengers to buy and validate Metcards in the carriages.
The platform can be accessed via Baxter-Tooradin Road.
[edit] History
Baxter station opened on Monday, 1st October 1888.
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