Proposed Mornington Line: direct from Frankston to Mornington

I was bumming around Railpage when I found this old thread from 2006. This thread outlines five proposed lines featured in the 1954 MMBW Report. The proposed line that I found the most interesting in this report was the line that would have seen a direct connection between Frankston and Mornington.

The Original Mornington Line Alignment

If you are a fan of Melbourne's railways, then you will probably know about the Mornington Line. The original line operated between 1889 and 1981, and split off from the Stony Point Line at Baxter (originally known as Mornington Junction). Stations included Moorrooduc, Tanti Park, Narrambi Road and, of course, Mornington Station.

Mornington Junction Station is renamed to Baxter, 1918. Baxter is the station where the Mornington Line splits off from the Stony Point Line.

 

If you could not tell, the line to Mornington was not exactly the most direct line, and never served the suburb of Mount Eliza in its entire existence. This seems to be where the MMBW Line comes in.

The Mornington Direct Line

First proposed in a report from 1951, this new line to Mornington was proposed to split off from the Stony Point Line at Yuille Street in Frankston, and was then supposed to head south towards the Sweetwater Creek. It then would have ran west towards the Nepean Highway, and then proceeded to follow the highway all the way down to Mornington. A reservation was apparently built for the line, but the alignment does not exist today.

This line was proposed to have two stations on it. One would have been located at Overport Road in Frankston South (near Towerhill Road), and another at Mount Eliza, near the intersection of Humphries Road and the Nepean Highway.

This area in Frankston was supposed to have a train station on this line.

This line would have likely provided a quicker way to get from Mornington to Frankston, but it was never constructed, and likely never will be considering the amount of tunneling required.

That is all!

Another fairly short topic, truthfully, I cannot find a whole lot on this line, but I hope this sparked some interest some we can find more information on it! Anyways, make sure to share the post, follow me on Instagram (Strangemelbourneman) and Twitter (strangemelbour1), and make sure to share to the people you think will find this interesting.


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