Leawarra railway station

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Leawarra railway station is a commuter railway station on the Stony Point line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Frankston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Leawarra station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 30 November 1959, with the current station provided in 2008. It initially closed on 22 June 1981, then reopened on 27 September 1984.<ref name="vicsigleawarra">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref>

Initially opened as Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 16, the station was given its current name of Leawarra in 1962.<ref name="vicsigleawarra">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref>

The station serves the nearby Peninsula Campus of Monash University.<ref name="monash">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Langwarrin, a closed station on the Stony Point line, was located between Leawarra and Baxter.<ref name="vicsiglangwarrin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Leawarra station opened on 30 November 1959 as Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 16.<ref name=vicsigleawarra/> On 24 April 1961, a Template:Convert platform was provided to replace the stopping place.<ref name=vicsigleawarra/> The following year, it was renamed Leawarra.<ref name=vicsigleawarra/>

On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service.<ref name=vicsigleawarra/> On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and,<ref name="newsrailnov84">Template:Cite magazine</ref> on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated.<ref name=vicsigleawarra/>

In 1988, the platform was extended to accommodate a DRC railcar with an MTH carriage.<ref name="newsrailmar88">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Even then, at Template:Convert, it was the shortest platform in Victoria with a regular rail passenger service. In 1989, boom barriers were provided at the nearby McMahons Road and Hillcrest Road level crossings, located in the up and down directions of the station respectively.<ref name="somersaultsep89">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2008, when Sprinter trains were introduced on the Stony Point line, the platform was again extended, and is now Template:Convert long.<ref name="vicsigsprinter">[1] Vicsig</ref>

Platforms, facilities and services

Leawarra has one platform, and is located on Bloom Street, which provides access. It has a small passenger shelter, and a myki ticket machine under another shelter. It is served by Stony Point line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

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Cranbourne Transit operates three bus routes via Leawarra station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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References

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