Hastings is a railway station in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, located in the suburb of Hastings

Hastings, Victoria

Hastings is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, Tyabb, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...

, on the Stony Point railway line. Hastings is unmanned and is in Metcard

Metcard

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 Zone 2.

Facilities

Hastings is located at the northern end of the High Street level crossing, which also provides station access.

The station consists of one side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

, with a semi-large steel building in the centre. Like all stations on the Stony Point line, the station contains no Metcard

Metcard

"OneLink" redirects here. For the computer/cable company, see OneLink Communications.Metcard is the brand name of an integrated ticketing system used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It is a universal ticket which allows users to ride on the city's Metlink network, consisting of...

 machine or validators, with passengers required to pre-purchase tickets and validate them on arrival at Frankston. A former yard and crane are situated at the Frankston end of 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

• 782 Frankston
  Frankston, Victoria
  Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...
  
   – Flinders
  Flinders, Victoria
  Flinders is a historic town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located on the Mornington Peninsula at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  via Hastings (every day). Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines
  Peninsula Bus Lines
  Peninsula Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the State Government of Victoria. Peninsula Bus Lines is a subsidiary of Grenda's Bus Services....
  
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• 783 Frankston
  Frankston, Victoria
  Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...
  
   – Hastings
  Hastings, Victoria
  Hastings is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, as a part of the urban enclave on Westernport comprising Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, Tyabb, and Somerville. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula...
  
  via Somerville RS, Tyabb RS (Monday to Friday). Operated by Peninsula Bus Lines
  Peninsula Bus Lines
  Peninsula Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the State Government of Victoria. Peninsula Bus Lines is a subsidiary of Grenda's Bus Services....
  
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History

Hastings station opened on 10 September 1889. The line between Frankston and Stony Point closed in 1981 and re-opened in 1984.