Tyabb railway station

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

Facilities

Tyabb is located on Railway Street, and at the northern end of the Mornington-Tyabb Road level crossing, with station access from both.

The station consists of one side platform, with small pebblemix shelters in the centre. 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]

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 and limited stops services to Stony Point

Buses from Tyabb Station

• 782 Frankston Station via Somerville Station
• 782 Flinders via Hastings Station (every day). Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines.
• 783 Frankston Station via Somerville Station
• 783 Hastings Station (Monday to Friday). Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines.

History

Tyabb station opened on 10 September 1889.^[2]

Until the mid-1980s the station consisted of a waiting room, basic toilets and a ticket office. As part of a government rationalisation of public transport, these facilities were no longer deemed necessary and the buildings were demolished and replaced with the current shelters.

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