Baxter railway station

Baxter
Station statistics
Coordinates	38°11′39″S 145°09′38″E / 38.1941°S 145.1605°E / -38.1941; 145.1605Coordinates: 38°11′39″S 145°09′38″E / 38.1941°S 145.1605°E / -38.1941; 145.1605
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	BXR
Owned by	VicTrack
myki zone	2
Station status	Unmanned Station
Melway map	Link
Website	Link, includes timetables
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Leawarra toward Frankston Stony Point line Somerville toward Stony Point
Location
Link

Baxter is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Baxter, on the Stony Point railway line. Baxter is unmanned and in myki Zone 2.

Facilities

Baxter is located at the northern end of the Baxter-Tooradin Road level crossing, which also provides station access.

The station consists of one side platform, with a small steel shelter in the centre. Like all stations on the Stony Point line, the station contained no Metcard machine or validators, with passengers required to pre-purchase tickets and validate them on arrival at Frankston ^[1]

myki readers and a top-up machine have been installed at the station.

Platforms, services and connecting bus services

Platform 1:

• Stony Point line - all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
• Stony Point line - all stations all stations and limited stops services to Stony Point

Buses from Baxter Station

• 776 Frankston Station Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines.
• 776 Pearcedale via Pearcedale SC (Monday to Saturday) Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines.
• 782 Frankston Station - via Somerville Station, (Every day). Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines
• 782 Flinders via Tyabb Station & Hastings Station Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines
• 783 Frankston Station via Somerville Station Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines
• 783 Hastings Station via Tyabb Station (Monday to Friday only). Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines

History

Baxter station opened on 1 October 1888 as Mornington Junction.^[2] It is the former junction of the Mornington railway line and the Stony Point line. The junction can still be seen at the Stony Point end of the station, though the points have been spiked and the line baulked just after the level crossing.

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

References

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