Editing Stony Point line (section)

=== 20th century ===
In 1959, a new station was opened at [[Leawarra railway station|Leawarra]] (originally called Railmotor Stopping Place No. 16),<ref>{{cite web |title=Leawarra |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Leawarra |website=Vicsig |access-date=2025-05-12}}</ref>and [[Morradoo railway station|Morradoo]] (originally called Railmotor Stopping Place No. 15} was opened a year later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Morradoo |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Morradoo |website=Vicsig |access-date=2025-05-12}}</ref><ref name="theage">{{cite news |date=6 November 1959 |title=New platform for Stony Point line |page=11 |work=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne}}</ref>

The [[Red Hill railway line|Red Hill branch]] was closed in 1953, and the [[Mornington railway line|Mornington branch]] was closed in 1981. A {{convert|300|m|adj=on}}-long branch from Long Island Junction to Long Island was opened on 29 April 1969 to serve the adjacent steel mill.<ref name="newsrail-line">{{cite magazine |author=Brown |first=Sid |date=March 1990 |title=Tracks across the state |magazine=[[Newsrail]] |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages=71–76}}</ref> 

Passenger services on the line were withdrawn on 10 June 1981, and the line from Long Island Junction to Stony Point was closed on 22 June 1981.<ref name="nrs">{{cite magazine |author=Banger |first=Chris |date=March 1997 |title=Rail passenger service withdrawals since 1960 |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages=77–82}}</ref> Services were recommenced on 26 September 1984.<ref name="reopen">{{cite magazine |date=October 1984 |title=The Stony Point passenger service reopened |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |page=309}}</ref> After the reopening, [[DRC railcar]]s were used, with two [[V/Line H type carriage|MTH carriages]] in between them, making up a four-carriage train. Frequent breakdowns of the railcars led to diesel locomotives often being called in to haul the consist as an alternative.<ref name="reopen" />

In August 1994, a [[Victorian Railways T class|T class locomotive]] hauling two MTH carriages was used but, by November 1995, weekday services were being operated by a [[V/Line P class|P class]] with two MTH carriages. On weekends, an [[V/Line A class|A class]] diesel was used, hauling an extra MTH car.<ref name="aug1994">{{cite magazine |date=August 1994 |title=News |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)}}</ref><ref name="nov1994">{{cite magazine |date=November 1994 |title=News |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)}}</ref> On one occasion, an [[Victorian Railways X class (diesel)|X class]] diesel, in [[Public Transport Corporation|V/Line Freight]] livery was employed, hauling three MTH carriages. Those configurations were not used after V/Line was separated into passenger and freight divisions.<ref name="nov1994back">{{cite magazine |date=November 1994 |title=News |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages= |at=Back cover}}</ref>