Morradoo railway station is a

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way station on the Stony Point line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the town of

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in Victoria, Australia. Morradoo is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 7 November 1960, with the current station provided in 1996. Initially opened as Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 15, the station was given its current name of Morradoo in 1996.

History

By November 1963, an platform was provided at the stopping place. In December 1973, flashing light signals were provided at the Disney Road

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, located at the up end of the station. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a

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, with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, on 27 September of that year, the rail passenger service was reinstated. In 1996, the platform was extended to 52 metres in length, 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, with the winning entry being Morradoo, suggested by Bree Saunders of Crib Point Primary School. Morradoo comes from an

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meaning "powder and shot", and was the original name for Crib Point. In 2011,

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s were provided at the Disney Road level crossing.

Platforms and services

Morradoo has one platform. 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 one route via Morradoo station, under contract to

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: * : Frankston station –

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References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Stony Point=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1960 Railway stations in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula