SOMERVILLE RAILWAY STATION, MELBOURNE
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Somerville is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Somerville, on the Stony Point railway line.
Somerville is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 2.
Somerville station is located between Frankston-Flinders Road and Station Street, with station access from both.
The station consists of one side platform, with a semi-large fibro building in the centre.
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.
Somerville station opened on September 10, 1889 due to rapid growth in the fruit (apples and pears) and dairy industries.
The dairy industry needed a quick way of sending milk and cream to butter factories.
