Editing Stony Point line (section)

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Stony Point train at Frankston station b.jpg|thumb|A V/Line A-class locomotive on a Stony Point train at Frankston station, 2024]]

Few changes occurred in the 2000s as the service settled down, following the period of frequent changes to the operators, services, and rolling-stock. Sometimes, when train operator [[V/Line]] had a locomotive shortage, locomotives leased from [[Freight Australia]] and, later, [[Pacific National]] appeared, in their green and yellow livery.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carey |first=Adam |date=2016-02-09 |title=V/Line train wheel crisis could have damaged Melbourne's tracks, hearing told |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/vline-train-wheel-crisis-could-have-damaged-melbournes-tracks-hearing-told-20160209-gmpdm2.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |work=The Age}}</ref> In 2008, the Stony Point line underwent major re-signalling work, including the introduction of three-position signalling. The new signalling system was controlled remotely from the Frankston Signal Box.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stony Point line resignalling |url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&project=sty-signals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227103755/https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&project=sty-signals |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=2008-10-05 |work=Vicsig}}</ref>

In April 2008, [[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter]] units began providing the passenger service.<ref name="RLee">{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Robert |title=The Railways of Victoria 1854-2004 |publisher=Melbourne University Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-522-85134-2 |pages=255, 257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sprinter |url=https://vicsig.net/passenger/rollingstock/railmotors/Sprinter |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Vicsig}}</ref> Two units usually operated the service, with a single unit returning to [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]] for servicing on a regular basis, and another sent in the opposite direction to replace it.

Malfunctions of boom gates forced the closure of the line for three months in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 June 2015 |title=Services back on track on the Stony Point line |url=http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/services-back-on-track-on-the-stony-point-line/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906152915/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/services-back-on-track-on-the-stony-point-line/ |archive-date=6 September 2015 |access-date=5 July 2015 |website=[[Public Transport Victoria]] |publisher=}}</ref>