Baxter railway station is a

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way station on the Stony Point line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the town and suburb of Baxter, in Victoria, Australia. It opened on 1 October 1888, with the current station provided in 1984. The station was initially closed on 22 June 1981, then was reopened on 27 September 1984. Initially opened as Mornington Junction, the station was given its current name of Baxter on 6 May 1918.

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, a now demolished station on the Stony Point line, was located between Leawarra and Baxter.

History

Baxter station opened on 1 October 1888, when the railway line from Frankston was extended. It remained a terminus until 10 September 1889, when the line was extended to

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and Mornington. Like the town itself, the station was named after Captain Benjamin Baxter, who was the proprietor of the nearby ''Carrup Carrup'' pastoral run. In 1972, flashing light signals were provided at the Baxter-Tooradin Road

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, located nearby in the Stony Point ( down) direction of the station. Baxter was formerly the junction for the Mornington line, which was closed to traffic in 1981. The junction, which was relocated in 1962, existed at the down end of the station, though the points were spiked and the line baulked just after the level crossing. In the near future, this junction will be reinstated by the extension of the Mornington Railway, a heritage railway organisation. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a

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. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated. By March 1989, the station operated under no-one in charge conditions. In 2009,

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s were provided at the Baxter-Tooradin Road level crossing. In 2023, the Victorian branch of the

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stated that the journey to Baxter was "too slow" and urgent upgrades to the line were needed. Also occurring in that year, the points for the junction were abolished, with the line straight railed.

Platforms and services

Baxter has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Stony Point line services. Platform 1: * all stations services to Frankston; all stations services to Stony Point

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates one bus route via Baxter station, under contract to

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: * : Frankston station – Pearcedale

References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Stony Point=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1888 Railway stations in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula