Frankston railway station

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Frankston
PTV commuter rail station
Frankston station Northbound view b.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2, February 2024
General information
LocationYoung Street,
Frankston, Victoria 3199
City of Frankston
Australia
Coordinates 38°08′35″S145°07′34″E / 38.143°S 145.126°E / -38.143; 145.126
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance43.92 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island)
Tracks6
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking413
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeFKN
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 August 1882;142 years ago (1882-08-01)
Rebuilt1985–1987
18 June 2018
ElectrifiedAugust 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–20061,806,560 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Kananook
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Frankston line Terminus
Terminus Stony Point line Leawarra
towards Stony Point
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Frankston railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Frankston line and diesel-hauled services on the Stony Point line, all part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Frankston, in Melbourne, Australia and neighboring suburbs. Opening on 1 August 1882, [4] features two side platforms, a terminus platform at Platform 1 and having Platform 2 for the terminus platform at the northern end of the platform and the Stony Point line services at the southern end. Its current form was constructed and completed in 2018.

Contents

History

Frankston Station opened on 1 August 1882 when the current railway line was extended from Mordialloc. [5] On 1 October 1888, the line was extended to Baxter. [6]

In 1922, the signal box, which is located at the up end of the station and adjacent to the Beach Street pedestrian crossing, was built. [4] It manages the station, stabling yards (located north, east and south of the station) and Stony Point line, including the Long Island Junction. [7] Despite its age, it is still functional and in use to this day.

Until late 1960, a 70-foot (21 m) turntable existed at the station. [8] [4]

On 15 June 1981, the passenger services on the Mornington line, which originated and terminated at Frankston, shut down altogether with the last service operated on 20 May of that year. [4] On 22 June of that year, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point were withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, with the goods yard additionally being closed to traffic. [4] On 27 September 1984, unlike the Mornington line, Stony Point passenger rail services were reinstated and opened to the public again. [9] [4]

In 1984, boom barriers replaced the interlocked gates at the former level crossing connecting the two sides of Beach Street, which was in the up direction of the station. In 1990, the Fletcher Road overpass over the northern section of the railway finished construction and the aforementioned level crossing was demolished, dividing Beach Street in half. [10]

In 1985, construction of the second station building commenced, [11] [12] and was completed by 1987. [11] [12] On 9 November 1995, Frankston station's classification was upgraded and considered as a premium station. [13]

In March 2011, an extension was made to Platform 2 at the northern end of the station to allow Stony Point and electrified metropolitan services to use the platform simultaneously. [14] [15] [16] During the 2011/2012 financial year, Frankston was the 10th-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.5 million passenger movements recorded. [17]

Between May and June 2018, the station was redeveloped as part of a $63 million project. [18] The new station would be designed by the Australian architecture firm Genton. In May, the station was closed to allow the buildings constructed between 1985 and 1987 to be demolished. In June of that year, the new station opened to passengers. [19]

A controversial $87 million 500-space multi-deck car park opened in December 2024. It was built for the station at the former single-floor western parking area. [20] Controversy arose once Frankstonians discovered that each parking space cost an average of $174,000 Australian dollars, when the money could have been used more efficiently, such as investing in better public transport infrastructure and the inclusion of other types of transport than motor vehicles. [21]

Incidents

On 10 June 1975, diesel locomotive B69, operating an up Long Island steel freight train, collided with Hitachi carriage 27M at the station. That carriage became the first Hitachi car in the fleet to be scrapped. [22]

On 22 January 2021, a six-car Comeng set derailed at the southern end of the station. [23]

Platforms and services

Frankston railway station has a single island platform with two faces. The eastern face (Platform 2) is split into a six-car platform for electric services towards Flinders Street (Melbourne CBD), and a further two-car platform at the down end for Stony Point services.

It is served by Frankston and Stony Point line trains. [24] [25]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Cranbourne Transit operates three bus routes to and from Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates eighteen routes via Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via Frankston station. [48]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. 1 2 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Frankston". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Frankston Line". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Stony Point Line". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Frankston Signal Box (FKN)". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Darryl Gregory (April 1983). "Turntables, Triangles and Traversers". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 82.
  9. ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1984. p. 344.
  10. ↑ "F0437: Beach Street". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 25.
  12. 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 93.
  13. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  14. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 2011. p. 120.
  15. ↑ Archived 24 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig
  16. ↑ Archived 24 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig
  17. ↑ Station Patronage Research Archived 23 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
  18. ↑ "Frankston Station Precinct Redevelopment". economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "New Frankston Station". Level Crossing Removal Project . Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  20. ↑ "Major works to create hundreds of car parks".
  21. ↑ "Frankston station car park has opened. 500 additional spaces at a cost of $87 million = $174,000 per space, 4+ times the cost of the average new car".
  22. ↑ "Rollingstock & Locomotives". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1975. p. 180.
  23. ↑ "News and announcements". Newsrail. Victorian Rail Publishing Inc. March 2021. p. 71.
  24. ↑ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  25. ↑ "Stony Point Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  26. ↑ "789 Frankston Station – Langwarrin via Langwarrin North". Public Transport Victoria . Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  27. ↑ "790 Frankston Station – Langwarrin via Langwarrin South". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  28. ↑ "791 Frankston Station – Cranbourne Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  29. ↑ "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  30. ↑ "770 Frankston - Karingal via Ashleigh Avenue". Public Transport Victoria.
  31. ↑ "771 Frankston - Langwarrin via Karingal". Public Transport Victoria.
  32. ↑ "772 Frankston - Eliza Heights". Public Transport Victoria.
  33. ↑ "773 Frankston - Frankston South via Kars Street". Public Transport Victoria.
  34. ↑ "774 Frankston - Delacombe Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  35. ↑ "775 Frankston – Lakewood via Heatherhill Road". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  36. ↑ "776 Frankston - Pearcedale via Baxter". Public Transport Victoria.
  37. ↑ "779 Frankston - Belvedere via Kananook". Public Transport Victoria.
  38. ↑ "780 Frankston - Carrum via Seaford". Public Transport Victoria.
  39. ↑ "781 Frankston – Dromana via Mount Eliza & Mornington and Mount Martha". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  40. ↑ "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.
  41. ↑ "783 Frankston - Hastings via Coolart Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  42. ↑ "784 Frankston - Osborne via Mt Eliza & Mornington". Public Transport Victoria.
  43. ↑ "785 Frankston - Mornington East via Mt Eliza & Mornington". Public Transport Victoria.
  44. ↑ "788 Frankston - Portsea via Dromana & Rosebud & Sorrento". Public Transport Victoria.
  45. ↑ "832 Frankston - Carrum Downs via Kananook & McCormicks Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  46. ↑ "833 Frankston Station - Carrum Station via Carrum Downs". Public Transport Victoria.
  47. ↑ "887 Frankston – Rosebud via Monash University Peninsula Campus". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  48. ↑ "Peninsula Express locations". SkyBus. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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