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=== Services === The line operates for approximately 13 hours a day, from about 5:30 am to around 10:30 pm from Monday to Friday, and 7:00 am to 8:30 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 β 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 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 β Station status''' * βΌ [[Premium station|Premium Station]] β Station staffed from first to last train * β» [[Host station|Host Station]] β Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network. '''Legend β Stopping patterns''' * β β All trains stop * β β Some services do not stop * | β Trains pass and do not stop {{Table alignment}} {| 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 !Zone !Stony Point |- |βΌ {{rwsa|Frankston}} || rowspan="10" | 2 || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Leawarra}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Baxter}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Somerville}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Tyabb}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Hastings|m}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Bittern}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Morradoo}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Crib Point}} || β |- |{{htxt|β»}} {{rwsa|Stony Point}} || β |}
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