Bittern railway station, Melbourne

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Bittern

Station information
Code	BIT
Distance from Flinders St	66.6 km
Lines	Stony Point
# Platforms	1
# Tracks	1
Status	Unmanned station
Metcard Zone	2

Bittern is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Bittern, on the Stony Point railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2 and s unmanned.. It was the former junction of the Red Hill railway line.

[edit] Facilities

Bittern station is located next to Frankston-Flinders Road and is adjacent to the Bittern General Store, with platform access via High Street.

The station consists of only one platform. The platform contains a small pebblemix 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].

[edit] History

Bittern station opened on Tuesday, 17th December 1889.

[edit] References

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