Editing Stony Point line (section)

== Network and operations ==

=== Services ===
The line operates for approximately 13 hours a day, from about 5:30&nbsp;am to around 10:30&nbsp;pm from Monday to Friday, and 7:00&nbsp;am to 8:30&nbsp;pm on Saturdays and Sundays.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Stony Point Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |publisher=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907155122/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Rollason |first=Bridget |date=22 August 2022 |title=More Melburnians could hop on a train or tram every 10 minutes under ambitious Greens proposal |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/melbourne-train-tram-services-victorian-greens-state-election/101357298 |url-status=live |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217181820/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/melbourne-train-tram-services-victorian-greens-state-election/101357298 |archive-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> Train frequency is typically every 90 to 120 minutes throughout the day due to the line being single track with no [[passing loop]]s.<ref name=ptv2021>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=New timetable train line information – Public Transport Victoria |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/?line=cranbourne-and-pakenham |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301102536/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/?line=cranbourne-and-pakenham |archive-date=1 March 2021 |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=}}</ref> Unlike the rest of Melbourne's rail network, services do not run 24 hours a day on Friday nights and weekends.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Melbourne Weekend Night Network Train Map |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/Maps-and-Timetables-PDFs/Maps/Night-Network-maps/Night-Train-Map-SEPT-2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112114049/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/Maps-and-Timetables-PDFs/Maps/Night-Network-maps/Night-Train-Map-SEPT-2021.pdf |archive-date=12 January 2023 |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>

Freight movements typically occur twice daily, with [[Qube Holdings]] operating trains to the Long Island [[steel mill]] and the Port of Hastings. Trains to Melbourne run at approximately 4:00&nbsp;am and during the mid-afternoon, while trains from Melbourne run at around midnight and noon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cauchi |first=Stephen |date=2013-09-09 |title=Frankston line chaos after freight train derails |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/frankston-line-chaos-after-freight-train-derails-20130909-2tfcy.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |work=The Age}}</ref>

Train services on the Stony Point line are also subjected to maintenance and renewal works, usually on selected Fridays and Saturdays. Shuttle bus services are provided throughout the duration of works for affected commuters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Simon Leo |date=15 November 2016 |title=Where do train replacement buses come from? |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-15/where-do-train-replacement-buses-come-from/8018532 |url-status=live |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214224815/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-15/where-do-train-replacement-buses-come-from/8018532 |archive-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>

==== Stopping patterns ====
'''Legend — Station status'''
* ◼ [[Premium station|Premium Station]] – Station staffed from first to last train
* ◻ [[Host station|Host Station]] – Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network.

'''Legend — Stopping patterns'''
* ● – All trains stop
* ◐ – Some services do not stop
* | – Trains pass and do not stop

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{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left"
! colspan="3" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne|Stony Point}};" |<span style="color:white;">Stony Point Services<ref>{{cite web |title=Stony Point Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/13/stony-point/ |website=Public Transport Victoria |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211093242/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/13/stony-point/ |url-status=live }}</ref></span>
|+
!Station
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!Stony Point
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Frankston}} || rowspan="10" | 2 || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Leawarra}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Baxter}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Somerville}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Tyabb}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Hastings|m}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Bittern}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Morradoo}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Crib Point}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Stony Point}} || ● 
|}

=== 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)
|}

=== Route ===
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The Stony Point line is predominantly single track, with few curves and minimal [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] for most of it length.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} The only duplicated sections are at each end of the line.

Apart from some suburban and light industrial development near Frankston, the line passes through open countryside with occasional small settlements.<ref name=":82">{{Cite web |last=Wray |first=Tyson |title=Melbourne's train lines definitively ranked from best to worst |url=https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/blog/melbournes-train-lines-definitively-ranked-from-best-to-worst-011917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212120710/https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/blog/melbournes-train-lines-definitively-ranked-from-best-to-worst-011917 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Melbourne]]}}</ref>

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* [[Mornington railway line|Mornington]]
* HMAS Cerberus naval base
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* [[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|STA (V/Line)]] (1983–1989)
* [[Public Transport Corporation|PTC (V/Line)]] (1989–1997)
* [[VicTrack]] (1997–Current)
}}
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=== Stations ===
The line serves 10 stations across {{convert|31|km}} of track. All stations are at ground level.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Robert S. |title=The railways of Victoria, 1854–2004 |last2=Annable |first2=Rosemary |last3=Garden |first3=Donald S. |date=2007 |publisher=[[Melbourne University Press]] |isbn=978-0-522-85134-2 |location= |oclc=224727085}}</ref> 
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!Station
!Accessibility
!Opened
!Terrain
!Train connections
!Other connections
|-
|[[Frankston railway station|Frankston]]
| rowspan="10" |Yes—step free access
|1882<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="10" |Ground level
|{{Collapsible list
| title = 1 connection|
* {{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
}}
|{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}} {{Symbol|Melbourne skybus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Leawarra railway station|Leawarra]]
|1905<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="9" |
| rowspan="8" |{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Baxter railway station|Baxter]]
|1888<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Somerville railway station|Somerville]]
| rowspan="4" |1889<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Tyabb railway station|Tyabb]]
|-
|[[Hastings railway station, Melbourne|Hastings]]
|-
|[[Bittern railway station|Bittern]]
|-
|[[Morradoo railway station|Morradoo]]
|1960<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Crib Point railway station|Crib Point]]
| rowspan="2" |1889<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Stony Point railway station|Stony Point]]
|{{rint|victoria|ferry|size=30|link=Stony Point railway station#Transport links}}
|}
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|+ class="nowrap" | Station histories
!Station
!Opened<ref name="Vicsig">{{cite web |title=VICSIG |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/line/Stony%20Point |website=vicsig.net |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
!Closed<ref name="Vicsig"/>
!Age
! scope=col class=unsortable | Notes<ref name="Vicsig"/>
|-
| {{rwsa|Frankston}} || {{TAC2|1 August 1882}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Leawarra}} || {{TAC2|30 November 1959}} || 
* Formerly Railmotor Stopping Place No. 16
* Shortest platform with a regular rail passenger service in Victoria ({{convert|44|m}})
|-
| Construction Sand Limited Siding || {{TAC2|5 September 1928|||11 March 1941}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Langwarrin}} || {{TAC2|1 October 1888|||22 June 1981}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Baxter}} || {{TAC2|1 October 1888}} || 
* Formerly Mornington Junction
|-
| {{rwsa|Somerville}} || {{TAC2|10 September 1889}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Tyabb}} || {{TAC2|10 September 1889}} || 
|-
| BlueScope Steel - Coil Siding || {{TAC2|12 September 1972}} || 
* Part of the Port of Hastings
|-
| BlueScope Steel - Slab Siding || {{TAC2|4 December 1986}} || 
* Part of the Port of Hastings
|-
| Esso Siding || {{TAC2|29 April 1969}} || 
* Formerly Cresco Siding
* Part of the Port of Hastings
|-
| {{rwsa|Hastings|m}} || {{TAC2|10 September 1889}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Bittern}} || {{TAC2|17 December 1889}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Morradoo}} || {{TAC2|7 November 1960}} || 
* Formerly Railmotor Stopping Place No. 15
* Second shortest platform with a regular rail passenger service in Victoria ({{convert|52|m}})
|-
| [[HMAS Cerberus, Victoria|HMAS Cerberus Naval Base]] || {{TAC2|6 July 1914|||22 June 1981}} || 
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{rwsa|Crib Point}} || {{TAC2|17 December 1889|||22 June 1981}} || rowspan="2" |
|-
| {{TAC2|27 September 1984}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{rwsa|Stony Point}} || {{TAC2|17 December 1889|||22 June 1981}} || rowspan="2" |
|-
| {{TAC2|27 September 1984}}
|}