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Morradoo railway station

Coordinates: 38°21′14″S 145°11′21″E / 38.3538°S 145.1893°E / -38.3538; 145.1893
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Morradoo
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view of the station platform,
April 2008
General information
LocationCampbell Street,
Crib Point, Victoria 3919
Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Australia
Coordinates38°21′14″S 145°11′21″E / 38.3538°S 145.1893°E / -38.3538; 145.1893
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Stony Point
Distance70.96 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking10
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMRO
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 November 1960; 64 years ago (1960-11-07)
Closed22 June 1981
RebuiltNovember 1963
September 1984
1996
Previous namesRail Motor Stopping Place No. 15 (1960-1996)
Passengers
2016–20176,206[1]
2017–20185,654[1] Decrease 8.89%
2018–20195,652[1] Decrease 0.035%
2019–20203,400[1] Decrease 39.84%
2020–20212,200[1] Decrease 35.29%
2021–20222,300[2] Increase 4.54%
2022–20233,750[2] Increase 63.04%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Bittern
towards Frankston
 Stony Point line Crib Point
towards Stony Point

Morradoo railway station is a commuter railway station on the Stony Point line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the town of Crib Point in Victoria, Australia. Morradoo is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 7 November 1960, with the current station provided in 1996.[3]

Initially opened as Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 15, the station was given its current name of Morradoo in 1996.[3]


History

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By November 1963, an 80-foot (24 m) platform was provided at the stopping place.[3] In December 1973, flashing light signals were provided at the Disney Road level crossing, located at the up end of the station.[4][5]

On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service,[3] with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day.[3] On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began[6] and, on 27 September of that year, the rail passenger service was reinstated.[3]

In 1996, the platform was extended to 52 metres in length,[3] and a new passenger shelter was erected. That made the platform the second-shortest with a regular service in Victoria (the shortest being at Leawarra, also on the same line). In that same year, the station was renamed as the result of a local competition,[3] with the winning entry being Morradoo, suggested by Bree Saunders of Crib Point Primary School. Morradoo comes from an Indigenous word meaning "powder and shot", and was the original name for Crib Point.[7]

In 2011, boom barriers were provided at the Disney Road level crossing.[8][9]

Platforms and services

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Morradoo has one platform. It is served by Stony Point line trains.[10]

Platform 1:

  •  Stony Point line  all stations services to Frankston; all stations services to Stony Point
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Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Morradoo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  2. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Morradoo". vicsig.net. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). March 1974. p. 65.
  5. ^ Langley, David (January 1992). "Flashing Lights and Boom Barriers Dates of Installation". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–19.
  6. ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1984. p. 344.
  7. ^ "Crib Point". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Disney Road". vicsig.net. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. May 2011. p. 41.
  10. ^ "Stony Point Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.
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