Frankston railway station
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Frankston
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Station front in January 2006
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| Location | Young Street, Frankston | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Frankston Stony Point |
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| Distance | 43.92 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 420 | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 opening 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. The current station building was built in the mid 1980s. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 9 November 1995.[3] East of Platform 2 are sidings that are used to stable trains at night.
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.[4][5]
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 operate three routes to and from Frankston station:
- 789: Cranbourne West[6]
- 790: Cranbourne West[7]
- 791: Cranbourne West[8]
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Frankston station:
- SmartBus 901: to Melbourne Airport[9]
Ventura Bus Lines operate seventeen routes to and from Frankston station:
- 770: to Centro Karingal[10]
- 771: to Langwarrin[11]
- 772: to Eliza Heights[12]
- 773: to Frankston South[13]
- 774: to Delacombe Park[14]
- 775: to Lakewood[15]
- 776: to Pearcedale[16]
- 779: to Belvedere[17]
- 780: to Carrum station[18]
- 781: to Mount Martha[19]
- 782: to Flinders[20]
- 783: to Hastings station[21]
- 784: to Osborne[22]
- 785: to Mornington East[23]
- 788: to Portsea[24]
- 832: to Carrum Downs[25]
- 833: to Carrum Downs[26]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Frankston Vicsig
- ↑ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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 - 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
External links
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