Frankston railway station
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. It is the 10th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with some 2.5 million passenger movements recorded in 2011/12.
The station features briefly in the 1959 Hollywood movie On the Beach. Construction of the second station building commenced in 1985, and was completed by 1987. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 9 November 1995. In May 2018, the station was closed, and the buildings built in the 1980s were demolished, replaced by a new building. Located east, north and south of the station are a number of sidings, that are used to stable trains at night.
On 10 June 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.
A 70 ft. turntable also existed at Frankston, until the mid 1960s.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.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
- all stations and limited stop services to Flinders Street
Platform 3:
- all stations services to Stony Point
Upgrade
During May and June 2018, the station was upgraded as part of a $63 million project.Transport links
operates three routes to and from Frankston station:
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Frankston station:
Ventura Bus Lines operates nineteen routes to and from Frankston station:
