Stony Point Line

The Stony point line is now a metropolitan extension of the Frankston suburban line in Melbourne’s south. It remains non electrified and passenger services are currently operated by diesel railcars. The railcars replaced locomotive hauled passenger services in April 2008. The long Island steel train still uses the track to a junction just short of Hastings, servicing the BHP mill.

The line was opened to Baxter in 1888 and through to Stony Point in 1889. There was a branch line from Baxter to Mornington that opened in 1889 and was closed in 1981. A branch to Bittern to Red Hill opened in 1921, and was closed in 1953. A spur line from the Flinders Naval Base (HMAS Cerberus) was connected to Crib point in 1914. This was closed in 1981. The line to the Long Island steel mill opened in 1969.

In 1981, the line beyond Long Island Junction was closed, however reopened in 1984 when passenger services were reinstated to Stony Point.

A call to our guest contributors – we’ll be needing some images for this section, as some stations were completely missed, or we only have limited numbers of photos. If you’ve got some, please email them to us.