Baxter railway station

Baxter railway station
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Baxter station platform and shelter
Station information
Code BXR
Distance from
Flinders Street
50.7 km
Operator Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines Stony Point
# Platforms 1
# Tracks 1
Status Unmanned Station
Metlink profile Link
Melway map Link
Google map Link
Metcard / Myki Zone 2

Baxter is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Baxter, on the Stony Point railway line. Baxter is unmanned and in Metcard Zone 2.

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Facilities

Baxter is located at the northern end of the Baxter-Tooradin Road level crossing, which also provides station access.

The station consists of one side platform, with a small steel shelter in the centre. Like all stations on the Stony Point line, the station contains no Metcard machine or validators, with passengers required to pre-purchase tickets and validate them on arrival at Frankston [1]

Myki readers and a top-up machine have been installed at the station.

Platforms and services

Platform 1:

  • Stony Point line - all stations services to Frankston, for connecting Frankston line services to Flinders Street
  • Stony Point line - all stations services to Stony Point

Bus services

History

Baxter station opened on 1 October 1888 as Mornington Junction.[2] It is the former junction of the Mornington railway line. The junction can still be seen at the Stony Point end of the station, though the points have been spiked and the line baulked just after the level crossing.

References

Langwarrin Station a former station on the Stony Point line is located between Leawarra and Baxter stations. Coordinates: 38°11′39″S 145°09′38″E / 38.1941°S 145.1605°E / -38.1941; 145.1605


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