Find out what it's like to travel on the last remaining diesel still operating on Melbourne's suburban rail network. The Stony Point line is a shuttle service linking Frankston and Stony Point with many stops on the route down the Mornington Peninsula.
First we'll need to catch an electric train from Flinders Street Station to Frankston and will make a brief stop to explore one of Melbourne's few remaining intersections where train and tram lines cross the Glenhuntly Tram Square. The tram square is being removed as part of Melbourne's level crossing removal project.
Stony Point line timetable:
https://www.metrotrains.com.au/timeta...
Train: Stony Point service
Operator: Metro Trains Melbourne
Locomotives: V/Line Sprinter (leased to Metro Trains)
Sprinter units: 7013 (Frankston end) and 7022 (Stony Point end)
Route: Southern Cross (Melbourne) Frankston Stony Point
Class: Economy
Travel date: 19 August 2022
EQUIPMENT:
Cameras: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8, iPhone 12 Pro Max, Panasonic HCVX1, DJI Mini 3 Pro
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Flinders Street Station
02:15 Frankston line
03:05 Glenhuntly tram square
04:33 Frankston station
05:06 Stony Point Sprinter
06:35 Stony Point line stops and least used station
08:26 Somerville to Tyabb
10:38 The V/Line Sprinter
12:10 Hastings to Bittern
13:55 Moradoo
16:05 Crib Point plus train fares
17:30 Stony Point
19:41 Finishing in Frankston
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Credits and sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/Line_...
Population stats:
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/findce...
https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/au...
Railway station passenger stats:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/data...
Photo attributions:
Train and tram icons by MPTG
https://melbournesptgallery.weebly.co...
Auckland Museum, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Glenhuntly tram square video:
• Trains & Trams at the Glenhuntly Tram...
Stony Point station historic photo
By Steven Harris Victorian Railways photo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
OpenRailwayMap:
https://www.openrailwaymap.org
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