Frankston railway station
Frankston | ||||||||||||||||
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 Station front in January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Young Street, Frankston Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°08′35″S 145°07′34″E / 38.143°S 145.126°ECoordinates: 38°08′35″S 145°07′34″E / 38.143°S 145.126°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Frankston Stony Point | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 43.92 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1island, 1 side) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 413 | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | FKN | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 August 1882 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Frankston railway station is the terminus for the Frankston and Stony Point lines, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Frankston, and opened on 1 August 1882.[1] It is the 10th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with some 2.5 million passenger movements recorded in 2011/12.[2]
The station features briefly in the 1959 Hollywood movie On the Beach. Construction of the current station building commenced in 1985,[3][4] and was completed by 1987.[3][4] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 9 November 1995.[5] Located east and south of the station are a number of sidings, that are used to stable trains at night.
On June 10 1975, B class diesel locomotive B69, whilst running an up Long Island steel freight train, collided with Hitachi carriage 27M at Frankston. The carriage was the first Hitachi car in the fleet scrapped.[6]
A 70ft. turntable also existed at Frankston, until the mid 1960s.[7]
Platforms and services
Frankston has one island platform with two sides, with the eastern side split into a six car platform for electric services towards Flinders Street, and a further two car platform at the southern end for Stony Point services. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line and Stony Point line services.[8][9]
Platform 1:
- Frankston line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Frankston line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Platform 3:
- Stony Point line: all stations services to Stony Point
Transport links
Cranbourne Transit operates three routes to and from Frankston station:
- 789: to Cranbourne West[10]
- 790: to Cranbourne West[11]
- 791: to Cranbourne West[12]
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Frankston station:
- SmartBus 901: to Melbourne Airport[13]
Ventura Bus Lines operates nineteen routes to and from Frankston station:
- 770: to Karingal Shopping Centre[14]
- 771: to Langwarrin[15]
- 772: to Eliza Heights[16]
- 773: to Frankston South[17]
- 774: to Delacombe Park (Frankston)[18]
- 775: to Lakewood (Frankston South)[19]
- 776: to Pearcedale[20]
- 779: to Belvedere Park Primary School (Seaford)[21]
- 780: to Carrum station[22]
- 781: to Mount Martha[23]
- 782: to Flinders[24]
- 783: to Hastings[25]
- 784: to Osborne Primary School (Mount Martha)[26]
- 785: to Mornington East[27]
- 788: to Portsea[28]
- 832: to Carrum Downs[29]
- 833: to Carrum Downs[30] (Until 26 August 2017)
- 887: Rosebud – Monash University Peninsula Campus[31]
- Night Bus 970: Carrum station – Rosebud (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)[32]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Frankston Vicsig
- ↑ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
- 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 25.
- 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 93.
- ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ↑ "Rollingstock & Locomotives". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1975. p. 180.
- ↑ Darryl Gregory (April 1983). "Turntables, Triangles and Traversers". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 82.
- ↑ Frankston Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Stony Point Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 789 Frankston - Cranbourne West timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 790 Frankston - Cranbourne West timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 791 Frankston - Cranbourne West timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 770 Frankston - Karingal timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 771 Frankston - Langwarrin timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 772 Frankston - Eliza Heights timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 773 Frankston - Frankston South timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 774 Frankston - Delacombe Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 775 Frankston - Lakewood timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 776 Frankston - Pearcedale timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 779 Frankston - Belvedere timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 780 Frankston - Carrum timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 781 Frankston - Mount Martha timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 782 Frankston - Flinders timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 783 Frankston - Hastings timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 784 Frankston - Osborne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 785 Frankston - Mornington East timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 788 Frankston - Portsea timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 832 Frankston - Carrum Downs timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 833 Frankston - Carrum Downs timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 887 Rosebud - Monash University timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 970 Carrum - Rosebud timetable Public Transport Victoria
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