Baxter railway station, Melbourne
- Baxter railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Baxter
IMAGELINK=Baxter railway station, Melbourne.jpg
CAPTION=Baxter station platform and shelter
CODE=BXR
DISTANCE=50.7 km
LINES=Stony Point
PLATFORMS=1
TRACKS=1
STATUS=Unmanned Station
FACILITIES=
TIMETABLES=
MELWAY=
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.
Facilities
The station 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 [cite web | title = Stony Point Line - Ticket and validation machines | publisher = Metlink | url = http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/news/media_releases/metropolitan_trains/stony_point_line_ticket_and_validation_machines | accessdate = 2008-04-26 ] .
History
Baxter station opened on October 1 1888 as "Mornington Junction". [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Baxter VICSIG Infrastructure - Baxter] ] 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
MetlinkAndClosedStations
Line1=Stony Point line
Previous1=Leawarra
Next1=Somerville
ClosedLine = Mornington branch
ClosedNext = Moorooduc
ClosedPreviousplain = Junction
VICORMELB=Melbourne
Langwarrin Station a former station on the Stony Point line is located between Leawarra and Baxter stations.
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