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Tanti Park | |||||
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| Steam and diesel heritage railway | |||||
 Ticket office and shelter, January 2014 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Line(s) | Mornington Tourist Railway (current) | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Tourist station | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 18 June 1936 1999 (re-opened) [1] | ||||
| Closed | 15 June 1981 [2] | ||||
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Tanti Park railway station is located on Bungower Road, Mornington, Victoria, Australia. It was originally a stop on the Mornington railway line. It is now the middle stop of three served by the Mornington Tourist Railway, and comprises a side platform and disused ticket office.
Tanti Park opened on 18 June 1936 as Mornington Racecourse Platform. [2] It was opened for general traffic on 12 April 1969, [2] and was renamed Tanti Park on 19 December of that year. [2]
In 1977, flashing lights and bells were provided at the Bungower Road level crossing, located at the up end of the platform. [2]
In the same year, a short subsidiary platform was constructed on the other side of the Bungower Road level crossing. That allowed passengers to board and alight from up rail motor services after they had passed the level crossing, so that the crossing warning lights did not operate unnecessarily while up trains were stopped at the main platform. [3] [4] [5]
On 15 June 1981, Tanti Park station was closed, along with the whole Mornington railway line. The station was reactivated in 1999 when the Mornington Railway Preservation Society began its heritage operation, running trains on part of the former Mornington line, from Moorooduc to its new Mornington station. [1] Since mid-2009, the station has been unstaffed, but remains a pick-up and drop-off point for passengers travelling on the tourist railway.
