Leawarra railway station, Melbourne
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Station information | |
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Code | LWA |
Distance from Flinders St | 44.6 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 | Link |
Google map of station | Not available |
Zone location | 2 |
Leawarra is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Frankston, on the Stony Point railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2.
Leawarra station is unmanned.
[edit] Location
The station is located next to Bloom Street. The Monash University Peninsula Campus is a short walk from the station.
[edit] Facilities
The station consists of only one platform. The platform contains a small shelter, and is the shortest platform in regular use in Victoria, at 44 metres long. Like all stations on the Stony Point line Leawarra 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 Bloom Street.
[edit] History
Leawarra station opened in 1959 as Railmotor Stopping Place No. 16. It was renamed to Leawarra in 1962.
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