Stony Point railway line, Melbourne

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The Stony Point line is a greater-metropolitan railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It opened in December 1889 and used to have lines that branched off it running to Mornington and Red Hill. Services are run using an A-class locomotive, and up to 4 MTH carriages. It is the only greater-metropolitan railway line operated by Connex Melbourne, which operates the suburban electric network. No stations are manned, nor do they have Metcard machines or validators, which are instead installed on board the carriages.

The line is run as a shuttle service between Frankston and Stony Point, with passengers required to change to the electrified service at Frankston station.

Goods trains serving the Long Island steel mills use the line as far as the junction of the Long Island line between Tyabb and Hastings. Steel trains run twice daily except Sundays. Trains from Long Island to Melbourne run approximately 4am and mid afternoon, while trains from Melbourne to Long Island run approximately midnight and noon.

[edit] List of stations

Bold stations are terminuses, italic stations are staffed. Some unstaffed stations may be occasionally staffed for safeworking purposes.

Continues from the Frankston suburban line. All stations are in Metcard ticketing Zone 2, becoming part of the expanded Zone 2 ticketing area on 4 March 2007.

• Frankston (suburban station)
• Leawarra
• Baxter
• Somerville
• Tyabb
• Hastings
• Bittern
• Morradoo
• Crib Point
• Stony Point

[edit] External links, maps, and timetables

• Timetables
• Official line map (includes Frankston line)
• Statistics and detailed schematic map at the vicsig enthusiast website