Editing Stony Point line (section)

=== Operators ===
The Stony Point line has had a number of operators since its opening in 1889. The [[Victorian Railways]], the [[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|State Transport Authority]], the [[Public Transport Corporation]] and [[V/Line]] operated the line successively until the privatisation of the Melbourne rail network in 1998.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 1997 |title=Melbourne's rail network to be split |magazine=[[Railway Digest]] |publisher=Australian Railways Historical Society (NSW Division) |location=Sydney |page=12}}</ref> On 1 July 1998, operation of the Stony Point line was transferred from V/Line.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 1998 |title=Victorian rail transport business formally established |magazine=[[Railway Digest]] |publisher=Australian Railways Historical Society (NSW Division) |location=Sydney |page=15}}</ref> V/Line was privatised in 1999 but returned to government ownership in 2003. V/Line has operated the Stony Point service on behalf of three different Melbourne private rail operators in succession: [[M-Train|M>Train]], [[Connex Melbourne|Connex]], and [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Mex |date=25 June 2009 |title=New train, tram operators for Melbourne |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101122206/https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.html |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=1 January 2023 |work=The Age |place=Melbourne}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Operators of the Stony Point line:
!Operator
!Commenced operations
!Ceased operations
!Length of operations
|-
|[[Victorian Railways]]
|1889
|1983
|94 years
|-
|[[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|State Transport Authority]]
|1983
|1989
|6 years
|-
|[[Public Transport Corporation]]
|1989
|1998
|9 years
|-
|V/Line for [[Bayside Trains]] (government operator)
|1998
|1999
|1 years
|-
|V/Line for [[M-Train|M>Train]]
|1999
|2004
|5 years
|-
|V/Line for [[Connex Melbourne]]
|2004
|2009
|5 years
|-
|V/Line for [[Metro Trains Melbourne]]
|2009
|''incumbent''
|{{Age|2009|11|30}} years (ongoing)
|}