Morradoo railway station, Melbourne

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Morradoo
Station information

Code
Distance from Flinders St	71 km
Line	Stony Point
Number of platforms	1
Number of tracks	1
Station status	Unmanned station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables
Melway map of station
Google map of station	Not available
Zone location	2

Morradoo is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Crib Point, on the Stony Point railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2.

Morradoo station is unmanned.

[edit] Location

The station is located at the southern end of the Disney Street level crossing.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of only one platform. The platform contains a small shelter. Like all stations on the Stony Point line Morradoo 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 Disney Street.

[edit] History

Morradoo station came into existence on 7 November 1960 opening as Stopping Place No. 15. It was renamed to Morradoo in 1996 by Bree Saunders of Crib Point Primary School who won a local competition to rename the station. Her suggestion, 'Morradoo' was accepted and the new name was installed in January 1997.

In 1996 the platform was extended to 25 meters and a new shelter was erected.

The name 'Morradoo' comes from an Aboriginal name meaning 'powder and shot', it was also the original name for Crib Point.