Morradoo railway station

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Morradoo
PTV commuter rail station
Morradoo railway station, Melbourne.jpg
Southbound view in April 2008
LocationCampbell Street, Crib Point, Victoria 3919
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Australia
Coordinates38°21′14″S 145°11′21″E / 38.3538°S 145.1893°E / -38.3538; 145.1893Coordinates: 38°21′14″S 145°11′21″E / 38.3538°S 145.1893°E / -38.3538; 145.1893
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Stony Point
Distance70.96 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking10
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeMRO
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 November 1960
Closed22 June 1981
Rebuilt27 September 1984
1996
Previous namesRail Motor Stopping Place Number 15
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Bittern
towards Frankston
 Stony Point line Crib Point
towards Stony Point
Track layout
Legend
to Bittern
Disney Road
1
to Crib Point

Morradoo railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Crib Point, and it opened on 7 November 1960 as Rail Motor Stopping Place Number 15.[1]

A platform was provided at the stopping place by November 1963.[1] In 1996, the platform was extended to 52 metres in length,[1] and a new shelter was erected. This made the platform the second shortest with a regular service in Victoria (the shortest being at Leawarra, on the same line).

The station was renamed as the result of a local competition in 1996,[1] with the winning entry being Morradoo, suggested by Bree Saunders of Crib Point Primary School. Morradoo comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "powder and shot", and was the original name for Crib Point.

Flashing light signals were provided at the Disney Road level crossing, located at the Up end of the station, in December 1973,[2] with boom barriers provided later on in 2011.[3]

On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service,[1] with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day.[1] On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began,[4] and the passenger service was reinstated on 27 September 1984.[1]

Platforms and services[]

Morradoo has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Stony Point line services.[5]

Platform 1:

Transport links[]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Morradoo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  782 : Frankston station – Flinders[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Morradoo Vicsig
  2. ^ "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1974. p. 65.
  3. ^ Disney Road Vicsig
  4. ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1984. p. 344.
  5. ^ "Stony Point Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. ^ "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.

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