Stony Point railway line
| Stony Point | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Type | Melbourne suburban service |
| System | Metro Trains Melbourne with V/Line railcars, freight to Long Island |
| Connecting lines | Frankston line to Long Island steel Sidings and Cresco Sidings. |
| Former connections | Red Hill and Mornington lines. Triangle connection to HMAS Cerberus Naval base. |
| Stations | 10 |
| Services | Shuttle from Frankston station Stopping all stations |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Completed | 1889 |
| Rolling stock | Sprinter DMU |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 31 km (19.3 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Single track to Stony Point with a run around loop at Stony point. Only yard Sidings to remain are at Somerville but Booked Out of use. Line has two junctions, Long Island and Baxter (Mornington Line) which is closed. |
The Stony Point line is a greater-metropolitan railway line in Melbourne, Australia. The line extends from the Frankston line and is part of the city's suburban passenger railway network, and is part of the Myki integrated ticketing system (zone 2), but is not electrified like the rest of Melbourne's rail network. They have been operated with a variety of rolling stock over the past few decades, and was the last suburban service in Australia to be operated by a locomotive hauled train, after the demise of similar services in Brisbane by Queensland Rail. The line is also used by freight trains serving the Long Island steel mill in Hastings.
Passenger services are run as a shuttle service between Frankston and Stony Point, with passengers from Flinders Street required to change at Frankston station. It is the only non-electrified line operated by Metro Trains, which operates Melbourne's suburban heavy rail network.
From 27 April 2008, services have been operated using Sprinter diesel multiple units leased from V/Line, which replaced the previous A class locomotive hauled trains and MTH carriages. The services appear in the suburban Working Time Table and are given 85xx series train numbers, which fall under the 8xxx series are given to non-electric passenger services.
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