Frankston railway line, Melbourne
| Frankston | |||
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| 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 | ||
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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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