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Frankston railway line

Frankston
Overview
Type Melbourne suburban service
System Metro Trains Melbourne & Freight to Long Island
Connecting lines Sandringham, Pakenham, Cranbourne and Stony Point lines
Former connections Rosstown Railway
Services Stops all stations, with express services during peak
Operation
Completed 1882
Rolling stock Comeng, Siemens, X'Trapolis 100
Technical
Line length 42.7 km (26.5 mi)
Number of tracks Quadruple to Caulfield, Triple to Moorabbin, then remainder - Double Track
Route map
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The Frankston railway line is a bayside suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. The line runs from the City Loop to Frankston and continues on to Stony Point as the Stony Point line. Apart from suburban electric trains, the tracks are also used for rail freight transport to and from the Steel mills near Hastings. The Frankston line is part of Melbourne's PTV integrated ticketing system in Zones 1 and 2.

The Frankston line runs south from Caulfield, functioning from the main line to Pakenham and Gippsland, and runs through built-up areas for its entire length. From Mentone the line is never more than about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the eastern shore of Port Phillip, and runs alongside the Nepean Highway for much of its length.

After Caulfield, the line traverses flat country and has fairly minor earthworks, and has numerous level crossings. The level crossing near Glenhuntly station is one of Melbourne's three crossings with tram tracks, and the only one with three railway tracks crossing two tramway tracks.


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