Frankston railway station

The signal box, which is located at the Up end of the station, and adjacent to the Beach Street pedestrian crossing, was provided in 1922,[2] and controls the station, the stabling yard (located north, east and south of the station) and the Stony Point line, including Long Island Junction.[3]

The station features briefly in the 1959 Hollywood movie On the Beach.

A 70 ft. turntable also existed at Frankston, until mid 1960.[2][4]

On 10 June 1975, B class diesel locomotive B69, whilst running an Up Long Island steel freight train, collided with Hitachi carriage 27M at Frankston. The carriage was the first Hitachi car in the fleet to be scrapped.[5]

The station was also the junction for the now closed Mornington line. The last service ran on May 20, 1981, and the line was closed altogether on 15 June of the same year.[2] On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service.[2] Unlike the Mornington line however, services resumed on the Stony Point line on 27 September 1984.[2] Also in 1981, the goods yard was closed to traffic.[2]

A level crossing once existed at Beach Street, located at the Up end of the station. Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates in 1984,[2] with the crossing replaced by the Fletcher Road overpass circa 1990.[6]

Construction of the second station building commenced in 1985,[7][8] and was completed by 1987.[7][8] It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 9 November 1995.[9]

In March 2011, an extension occurred on Platform 2 at the Up end of the station, to allow Stony Point and metropolitan services to use the platform at the same time.[10][11][12]

In 2011/2012, it was the 10th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with some 2.5 million passenger movements recorded.[13]

During May and June 2018, the station was upgraded as part of a $63 million project.[14] In May, the station was closed to allow the buildings that were built in the 1980s to be demolished. The new station building opened to passengers on 18 June 2018.[15]

On 22 January 2021, a six-car Comeng set derailed at the Down end of the station.[16]

Frankston has one island platform with two faces, with the eastern side (Platform 2) split into a six car platform for electric services towards Flinders Street, and a further two car platform at the Down end for Stony Point services.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston and Stony Point line services.[17][18]

Platform 1:

•  Frankston line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown

Platform 2:

•  Frankston line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown

Platform 3:

•  Stony Point line  all stations services to Stony Point

Cranbourne Transit operates three routes to and from Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  789 : to Langwarrin[19]
•  790 : to Langwarrin[20]
•  791 : to Cranbourne station[21]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  SmartBus   901 : to Melbourne Airport[22]

Ventura Bus Lines operates eighteen routes via Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  770 : to Karingal Hub Shopping Centre[23]
•  771 : to Langwarrin[24]
•  772 : to Eliza Heights (Frankston)[25]
•  773 : to Frankston South[26]
•  774 : to Delacombe Park (Frankston)[27]
•  775 : to Lakewood (Frankston South)[28]
•  776 : to Pearcedale[29]
•  779 : to Belvedere Park Primary School (Seaford)[30]
•  780 : to Carrum station[31]
•  781 : to Mount Martha[32]
•  782 : to Flinders[33]
•  783 : to Hastings[34]
•  784 : to Osborne Primary School (Mount Martha)[35]
•  785 : to Mornington East[36]
•  788 : to Portsea[37]
•  832 : to Carrum Downs[38]
•  833 : to Carrum station[39]
•  887 : Rosebud – Monash University, Peninsula campus[40]

• 
  Former station front in January 2006. Demolished in 2018.
• 
  A60 waits to depart Platform 2 with a Stony Point service in April 2008
• 
  Southbound view in May 2008
• 
  Southbound view, with the new station building under construction, in July 2018
• 
  Station front and entrance in October 2021

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