Morradoo railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

38°21′14″S 145°11′21″E / 38.3538°S 145.1893°E / -38.3538; 145.1893Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)Stony PointDistance70.96 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms1Tracks1ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne BusConstructionStructure typeGroundParking10AccessibleYes—step free accessOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeMROFare zoneMyki Zone 2WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened7 November 1960; 63 years ago (1960-11-07)Closed22 June 1981RebuiltNovember 1963
September 1984
1996Previous namesRail Motor Stopping Place No. 15 (1960-1996)Passengers2016–20176,206[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
Track layout
Legend
to Bittern
Disney Road
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Morradoo railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Crib Point, and opened on 7 November 1960 as Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 15. It was renamed Morradoo in 1996.[3]

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On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service,[3] with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day.[3] On 16 September 1984,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

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

Platform 1:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Morradoo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

  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 "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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