Leawarra railway station, Melbourne

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Leawarra

Station information
Code	LWA
Distance from Flinders St	44.6 km
Lines	Stony Point
# Platforms	1
# Tracks	1
Status	Unmanned Station
Metlink profile	Link
Melway map	Link
Metcard Zone	2

Leawarra is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Frankston, on the Stony Point railway line. The station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 2. The station is located next to Bloom Street, with the Monash University Peninsula Campus is a short walk from the station.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of one side platform. The platform contains a small shelter, and is the shortest platform in regular use in Victoria, at 44 metres long, however an extension is now under construction. Like all stations on the Stony Point line, the station contains no Metcard machine or validators, with passengers required to pre-purchase tickets and validate them on arrival at Frankston ^[1].

[edit] History

Leawarra station opened in 1959 as Railmotor Stopping Place No. 16. It was renamed to Leawarra in 1962.

[edit] References

Station Navigation
Stony Point line
← Previous Station	Frankston	|	Baxter	Next Station →
Entire network

Langwarrin Station a former station on the Stony Point line is located between Leawarra and Baxter stations.