Baxter railway station, Melbourne

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Baxter

Station information
Code	BXR
Distance from Flinders St	50.7 km
Lines	Stony Point
# Platforms	1
# Tracks	1
Status	Unmanned Station
Metcard Zone	2

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

[edit] Facilities

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

The station consists of one side platform. The platform contains a small shelter. 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].

The platform can be accessed via Baxter-Tooradin Road.

[edit] History

Baxter station opened on Monday, 1 October 1888.

[edit] References

Station Navigation
Metropolitan service
Stony Point line
← Previous Station	Leawarra	|	Somerville	Next Station →
Closed line
Mornington branch
← Previous Station	Junction	|	Moorooduc	Next Station →
Entire metropolitan network
Closed stations

Langwarrin Station a former station on the Stony Point line is located between Leawarra and Baxter stations.