Leawarra railway station is located on the Stony Point line in

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. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of Frankston, and it opened on 30 November 1959 as Railway Stopping Place No 16. It was renamed Leawarra in 1962. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a

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. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated. In 1988, the platform was extended to accommodate a

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with an MTH carriage. Even then, at 44m, it was the shortest platform in Victoria with a regular rail passenger service. When Sprinter trains were introduced on the Stony Point line in 2008, the platform was again extended, and is now 60m long.
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s were provided at the nearby McMahons Road and Hillcrest Road

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s, located in the up and down directions of the station respectively.

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, a closed station on the Stony Point line, was located between Leawarra and Baxter. The station also serves the Peninsula Campus of

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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

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ticket machine under another shelter. It is served by Stony Point line trains. Platform 1: * all stations services to Frankston; all stations services to Stony Point

Transport links

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operates three routes via Leawarra station, under contract to

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: * : Frankston station –

* : Frankston station – Langwarrin * : Frankston station – Cranbourne station

References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Stony Point=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Melbourne Railway stations in Australia opened in 1959 Railway stations in the City of Frankston