Crib Point railway station

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Crib Point
PTV commuter rail station
Crib Point railway station - December 2021.jpg
Station front and entrance in December 2021
General information
LocationStony Point Road,
Crib Point, Victoria 3919
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Australia
Coordinates 38°21′58″S145°12′15″E / 38.3660°S 145.2041°E / -38.3660; 145.2041
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Stony Point
Distance72.83 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking20
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeCPT
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened17 December 1889;134 years ago (1889-12-17)
Closed22 June 1981
Rebuilt27 September 1984
February 1986
Passengers
2015–201613,657 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Morradoo
towards Frankston
Stony Point line Stony Point
Terminus

Crib Point railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Crib Point, and it opened on 17 December 1889. [3]

Contents

A former freight yard was originally located opposite of the station, while a branch line and triangle into HMAS Cerberus was located at the up end of the station, past the Naval Base Road level crossing.

History

Crib Point station opened on 17 December 1889, when the railway line from Hastings was extended to Stony Point. [3] Like the town itself, the station was named after a hut or "crib" was built by fishermen in the 1850s. [4] [5]

In 1974, flashing light signals were provided at the Naval Base Road level crossing. [6] [7]

On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, [3] with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day. [3] On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, [8] on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated. [3]

In February 1986, the former station building, which was of a timber construction, [9] was replaced with the current passenger shelters. [10]

HMAS Cerberus was also the location for the Mornington Railway Preservation Society, until it relocated to its current site at Moorooduc in 1997. [11]

In 2006, No. 3 road was removed [3] and, in October 2007, the last remaining road was removed. [12] The removal of the roads coincided with the removal of a number of semaphore signals at the station as part of a signal upgrade on the Stony Point line. [12]

In 2011, boom barriers were provided at the Naval Base Road level crossing. [13] [14]

Platforms and services

Crib Point has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Stony Point line services. [15]

Platform 1:

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

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