Morradoo railway station

Morradoo
Morradoo station
General information
Location	Campbell Street, Crib Point, Victoria 3919 Shire of Mornington Peninsula Australia
Coordinates	38°21′14″S145°11′21″E / 38.3538°S 145.1893°E / -38.3538; 145.1893
System	PTV commuter rail station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line	Stony Point
Distance	70.96 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	10
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	MRO
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	7 November 1960;64 years ago (1960-11-07)
Closed	22 June 1981
Rebuilt	November 1963 September 1984 1996
Previous names	Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 15 (1960-1996)
Passengers
2016–2017	6,206 [1]

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

Location

Morradoo railway station is a commuter railway station on the Stony Point line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the town of Crib Point in Victoria, Australia. Morradoo is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 7 November 1960, with the current station provided in 1996. ^[3]

Initially opened as Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 15, the station was given its current name of Morradoo in 1996. ^[3]

History

Morraddo station in 2008

By November 1963, an 80-foot (24 m) platform was provided at the stopping place. ^[3] In December 1973, flashing light signals were provided at the Disney Road level crossing, located at the up end of the station. ^{[4] [5]}

On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, ^[3] with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day.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 ^[6] and, on 27 September of that year, the rail passenger service was reinstated. ^[3]

In 1996, the platform was extended to 52 metres in length, ^[3] and a new passenger shelter was erected. That made the platform the second-shortest with a regular service in Victoria (the shortest being at Leawarra, also on the same line). In that same year, the station was renamed as the result of a local competition, ^[3] with the winning entry being Morradoo, suggested by Bree Saunders of Crib Point Primary School. Morradoo comes from an Indigenous word meaning "powder and shot", and was the original name for Crib Point. ^[7]

In 2011, boom barriers were provided at the Disney Road level crossing. ^{[8] [9]}

Platforms and services

Sign at Station

Morradoo has one platform. It is served by Stony Point line trains. ^[10]

Morradoo platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Service Type
1	Stony Point line	Frankston, Stony Point	All stations

Transport links

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

•  782 : Frankston station – Flinders ^[11]

References

1. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
2. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
3. "Morradoo". vicsig.net. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
4. "Way & Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). March 1974. p. 65.
5. Langley, David (January 1992). "Flashing Lights and Boom Barriers Dates of Installation". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–19.
6. "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1984. p. 344.
7. "Crib Point". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
8. "Disney Road". vicsig.net. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
9. "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. May 2011. p. 41.
10. "Stony Point Line". Public Transport Victoria.
11. "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au