Morradoo railway station, Melbourne
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| Code | MRO |
| Distance from Flinders St |
71 km |
| Lines | Stony Point |
| # Platforms | 1 |
| # Tracks | 1 |
| Status | Unmanned station |
| Metcard Zone | 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.
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[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, the station contains no Metcard machine or validators, with passengers requiring to pre-purchase tickets and validate them on arrival at Frankston [1].
The platform can be accessed via Disney Street.
[edit] History
Morradoo station came into existence on 7 November 1960 as Rail Motor Stopping Place Number 15 (abbreviated to RMSP 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Stony Point Line - Ticket and validation machines. Metlink. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
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