# Frankston railway station

Frankston railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Frankston line and diesel-hauled services on the Stony Point line, all part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Frankston, in Melbourne, Australia and neighboring suburbs. Opening on 1 August 1882, features two side platforms, a terminus platform at Platform 1 and having Platform 2 for the terminus platform at the northern end of the platform and the Stony Point line services at the southern end. Its current form was constructed and completed in 2018.

## History

Frankston Station opened on 1 August 1882 when the current railway line was extended from Mordialloc. On 1 October 1888, the line was extended to Baxter.
In 1922, the signal box, which is located at the up end of the station and adjacent to the Beach Street pedestrian crossing, was provided, and controls the station, the stabling yards (located north, east and south of the station) and the Stony Point line, including Long Island Junction. It is still functional and in use to this day.
Until late 1960, a 70-foot (21 m) turntable existed at the station.
On 15 June 1981, the passenger services on the Mornington line, which originated and terminated at Frankston, closed altogether with the last service operated on 20 May of that year. On 22 June of that year, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point were withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, with the goods yard additionally being closed to traffic. However, unlike the Mornington line, Stony Point passenger rail services were reinstated on 27 September 1984.
In 1984, boom barriers replaced the interlocked gates at the former level crossing connecting the two sides of Beach Street, which was in the up direction of the station. In 1990, the crossing was removed and replaced by the new Fletcher Road overpass.
In 1985, construction of the second station building commenced, and was completed by 1987. On 9 November 1995, Frankston was upgraded to a premium station.
In March 2011, an extension was made to Platform 2 at the up end of the station to allow Stony Point and electrified metropolitan services to use the platform at the same time. During the 2011/2012 financial year, Frankston was the 10th-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.5 million passenger movements recorded.
Between May and June 2018, the station was redeveloped as part of a $63 million project. The new station would be designed by the Australian architecture firm Genton. In May, the station was closed to allow the buildings constructed between 1985 and 1987 to be demolished. In June of that year, the new station opened to passengers.
A new $87 million dollar construction is being built for the station at the former western parking area to build a 500-space multi-deck car park, expected to open in December 2024.

## Incidents

On 10 June 1975, diesel locomotive B69, operating an up Long Island steel freight train, collided with Hitachi carriage 27M at the station. That carriage became the first Hitachi car in the fleet to be scrapped.
On 22 January 2021, a six-car Comeng set derailed at the down end of the station.

## Platforms and services

Frankston railway station has one island platform with two faces, with the eastern face (Platform 2) split into a six-car platform for electric services towards Flinders Street, and a further two-car platform at the down end for Stony Point services.
It is served by Frankston and Stony Point line trains.
Platform 1:
* Frankston line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown
Platform 2:
* Frankston line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown
Platform 3:
* Stony Point line all stations services to Stony Point

## Transport links

Cranbourne Transit operates three bus routes to and from Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* 789 : to Langwarrin
* 790 : to Langwarrin
* 791 : to Cranbourne station
Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* SmartBus 901 : to Melbourne Airport
Ventura Bus Lines operates eighteen routes via Frankston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* 770 : to Karingal Hub Shopping Centre
* 771 : to Langwarrin
* 772 : to Eliza Heights (Frankston)
* 773 : to Frankston South
* 774 : to Delacombe Park (Frankston)
* 775 : to Lakewood (Frankston South)
* 776 : to Pearcedale
* 779 : to Belvedere Park Primary School (Seaford)
* 780 : to Carrum station
* 781 : to Mount Martha
* 782 : to Flinders
* 783 : to Hastings
* 784 : to Osborne Primary School (Mount Martha)
* 785 : to Mornington East
* 788 : to Portsea
* 832 : to Carrum Downs
* 833 : to Carrum station
* 887 : Rosebud – Monash University Peninsula Campus
SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via Frankston station.

## Gallery

* Former station forecourt and entrance, prior to being demolished in 2018, shown here in January 2006
* A60 waits to depart Platform 2 with a Stony Point service, April 2008
* Southbound view of Platform 2, May 2008
* Southbound view of Platform 2, with the new station building under construction, July 2018
* Southbound view from Platform 2, October 2019
* Station building and entrance, October 2021