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Frankston is a railway station located on Young Street in Frankston
Frankston, Victoria

Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 39 km south-east from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Frankston....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is the terminus of the suburban Frankston railway line
Frankston railway line, Melbourne

The Frankston railway line is a bay-side suburban electrified Rail transport in Melbourne, Australia. The line runs from the City Loop, Melbourne to Frankston, Victoria and continues on to Stony Point railway station, Melbourne as the Stony Point railway line, Melbourne....
, however diesel railcar
Railcar

A railcar is a self-propelled Rail transport vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single Coach , with a driver's cab at one or both ends....
 services extend to the greater metropolitan area on the Stony Point line
Stony Point railway line, Melbourne

The Stony Point line is a greater-metropolitan railway line in Melbourne, Australia. The line extends from the Frankston railway line, Melbourne and is part of the city's suburban passenger railway network....
 beyond. It is a Zone 2 railway station with an island platform
Island platform

An island platform on a railway is where a single Railway platform lies between two Rail trackss, serving both of them. Usually, the two tracks are on the same line, running in opposite directions....
.

Facilities
Located on Young Street, which also provides station access, the station has a large brick building which sits at the Stony Point
Stony Point railway station, Melbourne

Stony Point is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, located in the suburb of Crib Point, Victoria, and the terminus of the Stony Point railway line, Melbourne railway line....
 end of the station, with an enclosed waiting area, a ticket office, toilets and a cafe.






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Frankston is a railway station located on Young Street in Frankston
Frankston, Victoria

Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 39 km south-east from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Frankston....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is the terminus of the suburban Frankston railway line
Frankston railway line, Melbourne

The Frankston railway line is a bay-side suburban electrified Rail transport in Melbourne, Australia. The line runs from the City Loop, Melbourne to Frankston, Victoria and continues on to Stony Point railway station, Melbourne as the Stony Point railway line, Melbourne....
, however diesel railcar
Railcar

A railcar is a self-propelled Rail transport vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single Coach , with a driver's cab at one or both ends....
 services extend to the greater metropolitan area on the Stony Point line
Stony Point railway line, Melbourne

The Stony Point line is a greater-metropolitan railway line in Melbourne, Australia. The line extends from the Frankston railway line, Melbourne and is part of the city's suburban passenger railway network....
 beyond. It is a Zone 2 railway station with an island platform
Island platform

An island platform on a railway is where a single Railway platform lies between two Rail trackss, serving both of them. Usually, the two tracks are on the same line, running in opposite directions....
.

Facilities


Located on Young Street, which also provides station access, the station has a large brick building which sits at the Stony Point
Stony Point railway station, Melbourne

Stony Point is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, located in the suburb of Crib Point, Victoria, and the terminus of the Stony Point railway line, Melbourne railway line....
 end of the station, with an enclosed waiting area, a ticket office, toilets and a cafe. An underpass is situated at the Stony Point end of the station, which connects Young Street and the station to its car park, Fletcher Road and Chisholm Institute
Chisholm Institute

Chisholm Institute is a Technical and Further Education Institute located in the south east Melbourne, Victoria and Westernport Bay areas in Australia....
 TAFE. It is one of 13 metropolitan stations to have Metcard
Metcard

Metcard is the brand name of an integrated ticket system used to access Transport in Melbourne#Public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It is a universal ticket which allows users to ride on the city's Metlink network, consisting of suburban trains, trams, and buses, including the NightRider network....
 barrier gates installed.

Platforms/Services


Platform 1:
  • Suburban Connex
    Connex Melbourne

    Connex Melbourne is a wholly owned subsidiary of List of French companies Veolia Environnement, which has a Franchising from the Government of Victoria to operate all Railways in Melbourne in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
     services to Flinders Street
    Flinders Street Station

    Flinders Street Station is the central Train station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders Street, Melbourne and Swanston Street, Melbourne Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street, Melbourne and covering two city blocks....


Platform 2:
  • Suburban Connex
    Connex Melbourne

    Connex Melbourne is a wholly owned subsidiary of List of French companies Veolia Environnement, which has a Franchising from the Government of Victoria to operate all Railways in Melbourne in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
     services to Flinders Street
    Flinders Street Station

    Flinders Street Station is the central Train station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders Street, Melbourne and Swanston Street, Melbourne Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street, Melbourne and covering two city blocks....
  • Suburban Connex
    Connex Melbourne

    Connex Melbourne is a wholly owned subsidiary of List of French companies Veolia Environnement, which has a Franchising from the Government of Victoria to operate all Railways in Melbourne in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
     services to Stony Point
    Stony Point railway line, Melbourne

    The Stony Point line is a greater-metropolitan railway line in Melbourne, Australia. The line extends from the Frankston railway line, Melbourne and is part of the city's suburban passenger railway network....


History


Frankston station opened on August 1 1882. The station features briefly in the 1959 Hollywood movie On the Beach
On the Beach (1959 film)

On the Beach is a 1959 in film Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction drama film based on Nevil Shute's On the Beach featuring Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins ....
, however the old station building has since been replaced. It was upgraded to Premium Station status on November 9 1995.

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