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.[2] It is the 10th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with some 2.5 million passenger movements recorded in 2011/12.[3]

Frankston
Southbound view in July 2018
LocationYoung Street, Frankston
Australia
Coordinates38°08′35″S 145°07′34″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Frankston
Stony Point
Distance43.92 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island)
Tracks6
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking413
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeFKN
Fare zoneMyki zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 August 1882
Closed4 May 2018
Rebuilt18 June 2018
ElectrifiedYes
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009)3.130 million[1]
Passengers (2009-2010)2.567 million[1]  17.99%
Passengers (2010-2011)2.766 million[1]  7.75%
Passengers (2011-2012)2.472 million[1]  10.95%
Passengers (2012-2013)Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013-2014)1.672 million[1]  32.36%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Kananook
Frankston lineTerminus
TerminusStony Point line
Leawarra
towards Stony Point

The station features briefly in the 1959 Hollywood movie On the Beach. Construction of the second station building commenced in 1985,[4][5] and was completed by 1987.[4][5] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 9 November 1995.[6] 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.[7]

A 70 ft. turntable also existed at Frankston, until the mid 1960s.[8]

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.[9][10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Upgrade

During May and June 2018, the station was upgraded as part of a $63 million project.[11]

Cranbourne Transit 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:

  • Former station front, which was demolished in 2018
  • A60 waits to depart Platform 2 with a Stony Point service in April 2008
  • Southbound view in May 2008
  • Frankston Station in 2019

References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. Frankston Vicsig
  3. Station Patronage Research Archived 23 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 25.
  5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 93.
  6. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  7. "Rollingstock & Locomotives". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1975. p. 180.
  8. Darryl Gregory (April 1983). "Turntables, Triangles and Traversers". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 82.
  9. "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "Stony Point Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "Frankston Station Precinct Redevelopment". economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  12. "789 Frankston - Langwarrin via Langwarrin North". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "790 Frankston - Langwarrin via Langwarrin South". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "791 Frankston Station - Cranbourne Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "770 Frankston - Karingal via Ashleigh Avenue". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "771 Frankston - Langwarrin via Karingal". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "772 Frankston - Eliza Heights". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. "773 Frankston - Frankston South via Kars Street". Public Transport Victoria.
  20. "774 Frankston - Delacombe Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. "775 Frankston - Lakewood via Heatherhill Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  22. "776 Frankston - Pearcedale via Baxter". Public Transport Victoria.
  23. "779 Frankston - Belvedere via Kananook". Public Transport Victoria.
  24. "780 Frankston - Carrum via Seaford". Public Transport Victoria.
  25. "781 Frankston - Mount Martha via Mt Eliza & Mornington". Public Transport Victoria.
  26. "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.
  27. "783 Frankston - Hastings via Coolart Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  28. "784 Frankston - Osborne via Mt Eliza & Mornington". Public Transport Victoria.
  29. "785 Frankston - Mornington East via Mt Eliza & Mornington". Public Transport Victoria.
  30. "788 Frankston - Portsea via Dromana & Rosebud & Sorrento". Public Transport Victoria.
  31. "832 Frankston - Carrum Downs via Kananook & McCormicks Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  32. "833 Frankston Station - Carrum Station via Carrum Downs". Public Transport Victoria.
  33. "887 Rosebud - Monash University". Public Transport Victoria.
  34. "970 Night bus: Carrum - Frankston - Mornington - Rosebud". Public Transport Victoria.
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