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{{Short description|Passenger rail service in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name            = Stony Point
| color           = {{rcr|Melbourne|Stony Point}}
| logo            = {{ric|Melbourne|Stony Point|size=100px}}
| image                           = Sprinters on Stony Point railway line, Melbourne b.jpg
| image_width                     = 250px
| image_alt                       = Sprinter railcar on the Stony Point railway line, Melbourne.
| caption                         = [[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter railcar]] on the Stony Point line, 2024
| type            = [[Commuter rail]]
| status          = Operational
| system          = [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne railway network]]
| locale          = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| predecessor     = {{Plainlist|
* Baxter (1888–1889)
* Stony Point (1889–1981)
* Tyabb (1981–1984)
}}
| first           = {{Start date and age|1888|10|1|df=y}}
| last            = <!-- {{End date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->
| successor       = 
| operator        = [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]]
| formeroperator  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Victorian Railways|Victorian Railways (VR)]] (1889–1974)
* VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
* [[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|STA (V/Line)]] (1983–1989)
* [[Public Transport Corporation|PTC (V/Line)]] (1989–1998)
* [[M-Train|Bayside Trains]] (1998–2000)
* [[M-Train|M>Train]] (2000–2004)
* [[Connex Melbourne]] (2004–2009)
}}
| ridership       = 
| ridership2      = 
| website         = 
| start           = {{rwsa|Frankston}}
| stops           = 10
| end             = {{rwsa|Stony Point}}
| distance        = {{Convert|31|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime     = 36 minutes
| frequency       = 90–120 minutes
| line_used       = Stony Point
| class           = 
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| seating         = 
| baggage         = 
| otherfacilities = 
| stock           = [[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter DMU]]
| gauge           = {{Track gauge|1600 mm}}
| el              = 
| owners          = [[VicTrack]]
| routenumber     = 
| maintenance     = 
| map             = {{Stony Point Metro Service|inline=yes}}
| map_state       = collapsed
}}

The '''Stony Point line''' is a [[commuter rail]]way line in the outer metropolitan area of [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia.<ref name=":6" /> Operated by [[Metro Trains Melbourne]], it is the only diesel service on the metropolitan network and, at {{convert|31|km}}, is the tenth-longest line. It is an extension of the [[Frankston railway line|Frankston line]], with services running from Frankston station to Stony Point, serving 10 stations in all.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2017 |title=Metro's paper timetables mess |url=https://www.danielbowen.com/2017/09/04/metro-paper-timetable-issues/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209095505/https://www.danielbowen.com/2017/09/04/metro-paper-timetable-issues/ |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=Daniel Bowen}}</ref> The line is also used for freight services to the [[Port of Hastings Development Authority|Port of Hastings]]. 

The line was opened in three sections during 1888 and 1889. Only two stations have been added since its completion—[[Leawarra railway station|Leawarra]] and [[Morradoo railway station|Morradoo]].<ref name=":11222">{{Cite web |title=What year did your railway station open? |url=https://www.ptua.org.au/2018/08/03/railway-stations-years-opened/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209095505/https://www.ptua.org.au/2018/08/03/railway-stations-years-opened/ |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=Public Transport Users Association}}</ref> In recent years, there have been proposals to extend the electrified Frankston line to [[Baxter railway station|Baxter]].<ref name=":192">{{cite web |title=Baxter electrification business case |url=https://transport.vic.gov.au/getting-around/public-transport/baxter-electrification-business-case |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106065315/https://transport.vic.gov.au/getting-around/public-transport/baxter-electrification-business-case |archive-date=6 January 2019 |website=Transport for Victoria}}</ref>

== History ==

=== 19th century ===
[[File:Stony point 1892.jpg|thumbnail|Stony Point station in 1892|left]]

The Stony Point line was initially opened from Frankston to [[Baxter railway station|Baxter]] station, with services commencing in 1888. Extensions to [[Hastings railway station, Melbourne|Hastings]], [[Bittern railway station|Bittern]], and [[Stony Point railway station|Stony Point]] were completed in the following year.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1889-12-18 |title=The Hastings and Stony Point railway line |page=4 |work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8579415 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211110715/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8579415 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> Branch lines were opened from Baxter to [[Mornington railway station|Mornington]] in 1889, and from Bittern to [[Red Hill, Victoria|Red Hill]] in 1921.<ref name=":7" />

=== 20th century ===
In 1959, a new station was opened at [[Leawarra railway station|Leawarra]] (originally called Railmotor Stopping Place No. 16),<ref>{{cite web |title=Leawarra |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Leawarra |website=Vicsig |access-date=2025-05-12}}</ref>and [[Morradoo railway station|Morradoo]] (originally called Railmotor Stopping Place No. 15} was opened a year later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Morradoo |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Morradoo |website=Vicsig |access-date=2025-05-12}}</ref><ref name="theage">{{cite news |date=6 November 1959 |title=New platform for Stony Point line |page=11 |work=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne}}</ref>

The [[Red Hill railway line|Red Hill branch]] was closed in 1953, and the [[Mornington railway line|Mornington branch]] was closed in 1981. A {{convert|300|m|adj=on}}-long branch from Long Island Junction to Long Island was opened on 29 April 1969 to serve the adjacent steel mill.<ref name="newsrail-line">{{cite magazine |author=Brown |first=Sid |date=March 1990 |title=Tracks across the state |magazine=[[Newsrail]] |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages=71–76}}</ref> 

Passenger services on the line were withdrawn on 10 June 1981, and the line from Long Island Junction to Stony Point was closed on 22 June 1981.<ref name="nrs">{{cite magazine |author=Banger |first=Chris |date=March 1997 |title=Rail passenger service withdrawals since 1960 |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages=77–82}}</ref> Services were recommenced on 26 September 1984.<ref name="reopen">{{cite magazine |date=October 1984 |title=The Stony Point passenger service reopened |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |page=309}}</ref> After the reopening, [[DRC railcar]]s were used, with two [[V/Line H type carriage|MTH carriages]] in between them, making up a four-carriage train. Frequent breakdowns of the railcars led to diesel locomotives often being called in to haul the consist as an alternative.<ref name="reopen" />

In August 1994, a [[Victorian Railways T class|T class locomotive]] hauling two MTH carriages was used but, by November 1995, weekday services were being operated by a [[V/Line P class|P class]] with two MTH carriages. On weekends, an [[V/Line A class|A class]] diesel was used, hauling an extra MTH car.<ref name="aug1994">{{cite magazine |date=August 1994 |title=News |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)}}</ref><ref name="nov1994">{{cite magazine |date=November 1994 |title=News |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)}}</ref> On one occasion, an [[Victorian Railways X class (diesel)|X class]] diesel, in [[Public Transport Corporation|V/Line Freight]] livery was employed, hauling three MTH carriages. Those configurations were not used after V/Line was separated into passenger and freight divisions.<ref name="nov1994back">{{cite magazine |date=November 1994 |title=News |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages= |at=Back cover}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Stony Point train at Frankston station b.jpg|thumb|A V/Line A-class locomotive on a Stony Point train at Frankston station, 2024]]

Few changes occurred in the 2000s as the service settled down, following the period of frequent changes to the operators, services, and rolling-stock. Sometimes, when train operator [[V/Line]] had a locomotive shortage, locomotives leased from [[Freight Australia]] and, later, [[Pacific National]] appeared, in their green and yellow livery.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carey |first=Adam |date=2016-02-09 |title=V/Line train wheel crisis could have damaged Melbourne's tracks, hearing told |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/vline-train-wheel-crisis-could-have-damaged-melbournes-tracks-hearing-told-20160209-gmpdm2.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |work=The Age}}</ref> In 2008, the Stony Point line underwent major re-signalling work, including the introduction of three-position signalling. The new signalling system was controlled remotely from the Frankston Signal Box.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stony Point line resignalling |url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&project=sty-signals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227103755/https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&project=sty-signals |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=2008-10-05 |work=Vicsig}}</ref>

In April 2008, [[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter]] units began providing the passenger service.<ref name="RLee">{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Robert |title=The Railways of Victoria 1854-2004 |publisher=Melbourne University Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-522-85134-2 |pages=255, 257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sprinter |url=https://vicsig.net/passenger/rollingstock/railmotors/Sprinter |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Vicsig}}</ref> Two units usually operated the service, with a single unit returning to [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]] for servicing on a regular basis, and another sent in the opposite direction to replace it.

Malfunctions of boom gates forced the closure of the line for three months in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 June 2015 |title=Services back on track on the Stony Point line |url=http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/services-back-on-track-on-the-stony-point-line/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906152915/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/services-back-on-track-on-the-stony-point-line/ |archive-date=6 September 2015 |access-date=5 July 2015 |website=[[Public Transport Victoria]] |publisher=}}</ref>

== Future ==

=== Baxter extension ===
[[File:Baxter railway station, Melbourne b.jpg|alt=The tired single platform of Baxter station in a rural environment|thumb|[[Baxter railway station|Baxter station]], 2024]]

In 2013, as part of Public Transport Victoria's [[Melbourne Network Development Plan|Network Development Plan]] for metropolitan rail, an extension of the Frankston line to Baxter was earmarked to begin in the "long-term" (over the next 20 years).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Growing our rail network 2018-2025 |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812025052/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/ |archive-date=12 August 2019 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=[[Public Transport Victoria]] |publisher= |language=}}</ref> During the [[2018 Victorian state election|2018 state election]], the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal Party]] announced a project to extend electrified services to Baxter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tatman |first=Christian |date=26 January 2018 |title=State Liberal leader Matthew Guy supports duplication, electrification of rail line to Baxter |work=[[Herald Sun]] |location=Melbourne |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/state-liberal-leader-matthew-guy-supports-duplication-electrification-of-rail-line-to-baxter/news-story/bfafeeea15be68889b16bf725027a6fe |url-status=live |access-date=9 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216095435/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/state-liberal-leader-matthew-guy-supports-duplication-electrification-of-rail-line-to-baxter/news-story/bfafeeea15be68889b16bf725027a6fe |archive-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> The project would have included the removal of all crossings between Frankston and Baxter, duplication and electrification works, the construction of one (or two) new stations, and the reconstruction of stations along the corridor.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Towell |first=Noel |date=2018-07-16 |title=Guy, Turnbull all aboard the $450 million Baxter rail link |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/guy-turnbull-all-aboard-the-450-million-baxter-rail-link-20180716-p4zrsw.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206104513/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/guy-turnbull-all-aboard-the-450-million-baxter-rail-link-20180716-p4zrsw.html |archive-date=6 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=[[The Age]] |language=en |publication-place=Melbourne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Neil |date=2018-07-23 |title=Liberals' electric plan ends at Baxter |url=https://www.mpnews.com.au/2018/07/24/liberals-electric-plan-ends-at-baxter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206102747/https://www.mpnews.com.au/2018/07/24/liberals-electric-plan-ends-at-baxter/ |archive-date=6 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Mornington News |publisher=Mornington Peninsula News Group |language=en-US |publication-place=}}</ref> The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Federal Liberals]] announced $450 million of joint funding for the project promised between the state and federal governments, with the national government promising to provide $225 million of the funding.<ref name=":4" /> The incumbent [[First Andrews ministry|Andrews Labor government]] argued that the project was not needed, instead prioritising funding to other projects across the state.<ref name=":4" />

A business case commissioned by the government was completed in 2019 with no further progress being made.<ref name=":192" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Cowburn |first=Brodie |date=2019-11-04 |title=Rail extension business case complete |work=The News |publisher=Mornington Peninsula News Group |location=Bayside, Victoria |url=http://baysidenews.com.au/2019/11/04/rail-extension-business-case-complete/ |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105044223/http://baysidenews.com.au/2019/11/04/rail-extension-business-case-complete/ |archive-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>

Again in the lead up to the [[2022 Victorian state election|2022 state election]], the Liberal opposition supported the electrification to Baxter.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Cowburn |first=Brodie |date=2022-10-10 |title=Promise to pay for Baxter extension |url=https://www.mpnews.com.au/2022/10/10/promise-to-pay-for-baxter-extension/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206102649/https://www.mpnews.com.au/2022/10/10/promise-to-pay-for-baxter-extension/ |archive-date=6 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Mornington News |publisher=Mornington Peninsula News Group |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Second Andrews ministry|second Andrews government]] made no commitments to the Baxter rail extension, instead continuing construction on level crossing removal works along the Frankston line.<ref name=":5" /> The 2022 state election resulted in another Labor victory, with the Andrews government pushing ahead with these works.

In November 2023, a review of infrastructure investment, commissioned by the federal government, found that the Baxter rail extension did not meet the "investment priorities" of the [[Albanese government]] and would lose its $225 million in federal funding.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=Independent Strategic Review of the IIP - Project changes summary |url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/independent-strategic-review-iip-project-changes-summary.pdf#page=6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117010912/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/independent-strategic-review-iip-project-changes-summary.pdf#page=6 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=2023-12-18 |publisher=[[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]] }}</ref>

== Network and operations ==

=== Services ===
The line operates for approximately 13 hours a day, from about 5:30&nbsp;am to around 10:30&nbsp;pm from Monday to Friday, and 7:00&nbsp;am to 8:30&nbsp;pm on Saturdays and Sundays.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Stony Point Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |publisher=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907155122/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Rollason |first=Bridget |date=22 August 2022 |title=More Melburnians could hop on a train or tram every 10 minutes under ambitious Greens proposal |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/melbourne-train-tram-services-victorian-greens-state-election/101357298 |url-status=live |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217181820/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/melbourne-train-tram-services-victorian-greens-state-election/101357298 |archive-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> Train frequency is typically every 90 to 120 minutes throughout the day due to the line being single track with no [[passing loop]]s.<ref name=ptv2021>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=New timetable train line information – Public Transport Victoria |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/?line=cranbourne-and-pakenham |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301102536/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/?line=cranbourne-and-pakenham |archive-date=1 March 2021 |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=}}</ref> Unlike the rest of Melbourne's rail network, services do not run 24 hours a day on Friday nights and weekends.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Melbourne Weekend Night Network Train Map |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/Maps-and-Timetables-PDFs/Maps/Night-Network-maps/Night-Train-Map-SEPT-2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112114049/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/Maps-and-Timetables-PDFs/Maps/Night-Network-maps/Night-Train-Map-SEPT-2021.pdf |archive-date=12 January 2023 |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>

Freight movements typically occur twice daily, with [[Qube Holdings]] operating trains to the Long Island [[steel mill]] and the Port of Hastings. Trains to Melbourne run at approximately 4:00&nbsp;am and during the mid-afternoon, while trains from Melbourne run at around midnight and noon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cauchi |first=Stephen |date=2013-09-09 |title=Frankston line chaos after freight train derails |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/frankston-line-chaos-after-freight-train-derails-20130909-2tfcy.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |work=The Age}}</ref>

Train services on the Stony Point line are also subjected to maintenance and renewal works, usually on selected Fridays and Saturdays. Shuttle bus services are provided throughout the duration of works for affected commuters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Simon Leo |date=15 November 2016 |title=Where do train replacement buses come from? |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-15/where-do-train-replacement-buses-come-from/8018532 |url-status=live |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214224815/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-15/where-do-train-replacement-buses-come-from/8018532 |archive-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>

==== Stopping patterns ====
'''Legend — Station status'''
* ◼ [[Premium station|Premium Station]] – Station staffed from first to last train
* ◻ [[Host station|Host Station]] – Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network.

'''Legend — Stopping patterns'''
* ● – All trains stop
* ◐ – Some services do not stop
* | – Trains pass and do not stop

{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left"
! colspan="3" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne|Stony Point}};" |<span style="color:white;">Stony Point Services<ref>{{cite web |title=Stony Point Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/13/stony-point/ |website=Public Transport Victoria |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211093242/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/13/stony-point/ |url-status=live }}</ref></span>
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!Station
!Zone
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|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Frankston}} || rowspan="10" | 2 || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Leawarra}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Baxter}} || ● 
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|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Somerville}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Tyabb}} || ● 
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|-
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|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Morradoo}} || ● 
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|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Crib Point}} || ● 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Stony Point}} || ● 
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=== Operators ===
The Stony Point line has had a number of operators since its opening in 1889. The [[Victorian Railways]], the [[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|State Transport Authority]], the [[Public Transport Corporation]] and [[V/Line]] operated the line successively until the privatisation of the Melbourne rail network in 1998.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 1997 |title=Melbourne's rail network to be split |magazine=[[Railway Digest]] |publisher=Australian Railways Historical Society (NSW Division) |location=Sydney |page=12}}</ref> On 1 July 1998, operation of the Stony Point line was transferred from V/Line.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 1998 |title=Victorian rail transport business formally established |magazine=[[Railway Digest]] |publisher=Australian Railways Historical Society (NSW Division) |location=Sydney |page=15}}</ref> V/Line was privatised in 1999 but returned to government ownership in 2003. V/Line has operated the Stony Point service on behalf of three different Melbourne private rail operators in succession: [[M-Train|M>Train]], [[Connex Melbourne|Connex]], and [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Mex |date=25 June 2009 |title=New train, tram operators for Melbourne |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101122206/https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.html |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=1 January 2023 |work=The Age |place=Melbourne}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Operators of the Stony Point line:
!Operator
!Commenced operations
!Ceased operations
!Length of operations
|-
|[[Victorian Railways]]
|1889
|1983
|94 years
|-
|[[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|State Transport Authority]]
|1983
|1989
|6 years
|-
|[[Public Transport Corporation]]
|1989
|1998
|9 years
|-
|V/Line for [[Bayside Trains]] (government operator)
|1998
|1999
|1 years
|-
|V/Line for [[M-Train|M>Train]]
|1999
|2004
|5 years
|-
|V/Line for [[Connex Melbourne]]
|2004
|2009
|5 years
|-
|V/Line for [[Metro Trains Melbourne]]
|2009
|''incumbent''
|{{Age|2009|11|30}} years (ongoing)
|}

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The Stony Point line is predominantly single track, with few curves and minimal [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] for most of it length.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} The only duplicated sections are at each end of the line.

Apart from some suburban and light industrial development near Frankston, the line passes through open countryside with occasional small settlements.<ref name=":82">{{Cite web |last=Wray |first=Tyson |title=Melbourne's train lines definitively ranked from best to worst |url=https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/blog/melbournes-train-lines-definitively-ranked-from-best-to-worst-011917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212120710/https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/blog/melbournes-train-lines-definitively-ranked-from-best-to-worst-011917 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Melbourne]]}}</ref>

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| start                           = {{rwsa|Frankston}}
| end                             = {{rwsa|Stony Point}}
| continuesfrom                   = [[Frankston railway line|Frankston line]]
| continuesas                     = 
| connectinglines                 = {{Plainlist|
* [[Frankston railway line|Frankston]]
* Port of Hastings sidings
}}
| formerconnections               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Red Hill railway line|Red Hill]]
* [[Mornington railway line|Mornington]]
* HMAS Cerberus naval base
}}
| stations                        = {{ubl|10 current stations|2 former stations|1 current siding|1 former siding}}
| routes                          = Stony Point, Port of Hastings freight trains
| daily_ridership                 = 
| ridership2                      = 
| planopen                        = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}-->
| open                            = {{Plainlist|
* To Baxter on {{Start date|1888|10|1|df=y}}
* To Hastings on {{Start date|1889|9|10|df=y}}
* To Stony Point on {{Start date|1889|12|17|df=y}}
}}
| yearcommenced                   = {{Start date|1888|10|1|df=y}}
| yearcompleted                   = {{Start date|1889|12|17|df=y}}
| close                           = Port of Hastings junction to Stony Point on {{End date|1981|6|22|df=y}}
| event1label                     = Reopened
| event1                          = Port of Hastings junction to Stony Point on {{End date|1984|9|27|df=y}}
| event2label                     = 
| event2                          = 
| event3label                     = 
| event3                          = 
| owner                           = {{Plainlist|
* [[Victorian Railways|Victorian Railways (VR)]] (1888–1974)
* VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
* [[State Transport Authority (Victoria)|STA (V/Line)]] (1983–1989)
* [[Public Transport Corporation|PTC (V/Line)]] (1989–1997)
* [[VicTrack]] (1997–Current)
}}
| operator                        = 
| character                       = 
| depot                           = 
| stock                           = 
| linelength_km                   = 31
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = [[Single-track railway|Single track]]
| gauge                           = {{Track gauge|1600 mm}}
| old_gauge                       = 
| load_gauge                      = 
| minradius                       = 
| maxincline                      = {{Incline|50}}
| electrification                 = 
| speed                           = {{ubl|{{Convert|95|km/h|abbr=on}} - [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]|{{Convert|65|km/h|abbr=on}} - Diesel}}
| signalling                      = Automatic and Track Control
| elevation                       = 
| website                         = 
| map                             = 
| map_state                       = collapsed
| embedded                        = 
}}

=== Stations ===
The line serves 10 stations across {{convert|31|km}} of track. All stations are at ground level.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Robert S. |title=The railways of Victoria, 1854–2004 |last2=Annable |first2=Rosemary |last3=Garden |first3=Donald S. |date=2007 |publisher=[[Melbourne University Press]] |isbn=978-0-522-85134-2 |location= |oclc=224727085}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
!Station
!Accessibility
!Opened
!Terrain
!Train connections
!Other connections
|-
|[[Frankston railway station|Frankston]]
| rowspan="10" |Yes—step free access
|1882<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="10" |Ground level
|{{Collapsible list
| title = 1 connection|
* {{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
}}
|{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}} {{Symbol|Melbourne skybus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Leawarra railway station|Leawarra]]
|1905<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="9" |
| rowspan="8" |{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Baxter railway station|Baxter]]
|1888<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Somerville railway station|Somerville]]
| rowspan="4" |1889<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Tyabb railway station|Tyabb]]
|-
|[[Hastings railway station, Melbourne|Hastings]]
|-
|[[Bittern railway station|Bittern]]
|-
|[[Morradoo railway station|Morradoo]]
|1960<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Crib Point railway station|Crib Point]]
| rowspan="2" |1889<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Stony Point railway station|Stony Point]]
|{{rint|victoria|ferry|size=30|link=Stony Point railway station#Transport links}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Station histories
!Station
!Opened<ref name="Vicsig">{{cite web |title=VICSIG |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/line/Stony%20Point |website=vicsig.net |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
!Closed<ref name="Vicsig"/>
!Age
! scope=col class=unsortable | Notes<ref name="Vicsig"/>
|-
| {{rwsa|Frankston}} || {{TAC2|1 August 1882}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Leawarra}} || {{TAC2|30 November 1959}} || 
* Formerly Railmotor Stopping Place No. 16
* Shortest platform with a regular rail passenger service in Victoria ({{convert|44|m}})
|-
| Construction Sand Limited Siding || {{TAC2|5 September 1928|||11 March 1941}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Langwarrin}} || {{TAC2|1 October 1888|||22 June 1981}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Baxter}} || {{TAC2|1 October 1888}} || 
* Formerly Mornington Junction
|-
| {{rwsa|Somerville}} || {{TAC2|10 September 1889}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Tyabb}} || {{TAC2|10 September 1889}} || 
|-
| BlueScope Steel - Coil Siding || {{TAC2|12 September 1972}} || 
* Part of the Port of Hastings
|-
| BlueScope Steel - Slab Siding || {{TAC2|4 December 1986}} || 
* Part of the Port of Hastings
|-
| Esso Siding || {{TAC2|29 April 1969}} || 
* Formerly Cresco Siding
* Part of the Port of Hastings
|-
| {{rwsa|Hastings|m}} || {{TAC2|10 September 1889}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Bittern}} || {{TAC2|17 December 1889}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Morradoo}} || {{TAC2|7 November 1960}} || 
* Formerly Railmotor Stopping Place No. 15
* Second shortest platform with a regular rail passenger service in Victoria ({{convert|52|m}})
|-
| [[HMAS Cerberus, Victoria|HMAS Cerberus Naval Base]] || {{TAC2|6 July 1914|||22 June 1981}} || 
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{rwsa|Crib Point}} || {{TAC2|17 December 1889|||22 June 1981}} || rowspan="2" |
|-
| {{TAC2|27 September 1984}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{rwsa|Stony Point}} || {{TAC2|17 December 1889|||22 June 1981}} || rowspan="2" |
|-
| {{TAC2|27 September 1984}}
|}

== Infrastructure ==

=== Rolling stock ===
{{Main|V/Line Sprinter}}

[[File:VLine for Stony Point 02.jpg|alt=A train sitting at a platform at Frankston station.|thumb| [[V/Line Sprinter]], which usually operates services on the line, 2019|left]]

The Stony Point line uses [[V/Line Sprinter]] [[diesel multiple unit]] (DMU) trains operating in a one- or two-car configuration, accommodating up to 90 passengers in each car.<ref name="CBanger2">{{cite magazine |author=Banger |first=Chris |date=November 1997 |title=Sprinters |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society |page=338}}</ref> The trains are refuelled and serviced near [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross station]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Accessibility ===
As required by the [[Disability Discrimination Act 1992|Disability Discrimination Act of 1992]], all new or re-built stations must comply with accessibility guidelines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accessibility – Public Transport Ombudsman Victoria |url=https://www.ptovic.com.au/improving-pt/accessibility |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103084345/https://www.ptovic.com.au/improving-pt/accessibility |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=www.ptovic.com.au}}</ref> All stations on the corridor are fully accessible—a first in Melbourne.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Station accessibility features |url=https://www.metrotrains.com.au/station-accessibility-features/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208020143/https://www.metrotrains.com.au/station-accessibility-features/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Metro Trains Melbourne}}</ref>

=== Signalling ===
In common with most of the Melbourne train network, the Stony Point line uses three position signalling,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2009 |title=Operational Interface Procedures–November 2009 |url=https://www.esc.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/c3091911-b5d0-4b29-ae90-3a16e91e1909.pdf |website=Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd}}</ref> which became fully operational on the line in March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Code 3-Position Speed Signalling |url=http://www.sa-trackandsignal.net/Pdf%20files/ARTC/ASig%20descr.pdf |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207082457/http://www.sa-trackandsignal.net/Pdf%20files/ARTC/ASig%20descr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/13/stony-point/ Stony Point line timetable]
* [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/maps/ Network map]
* {{commons category-inline|Stony Point railway line}}

{{Victorian Railway Lines|selected=melbourne}}

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[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1888]]
[[Category:Transport in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula]]
[[Category:Western Port]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Transport in the City of Frankston]]