Mornington Peninsula - Transport

Transport

The peninsula is serviced predominantly by a network of roads. Public transport is limited to a bus service which services urban areas on the western shorelines and a train service for the eastern areas of the peninsula. The following methods of transport are available to access various regions of the peninsula:

• Road: - The Peninsula is easily reached from Melbourne by car via the Nepean Highway. Another route is via the Frankston Freeway to Frankston, and then via the Moorooduc Highway. Another option is via the Monash Freeway (M1) and the Western Port Highway to the eastern side of the Peninsula. An alternative route from the Monash Freeway is via Eastlink to the Frankston Freeway. A new freeway, Peninsula Link, is currently under construction and will join Eastlink at Carrum Downs to the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Mount Martha. It is expected to be completed early in 2013.

• Bus: - A bus service runs along the entire length of the peninsula to Portsea, departing from Frankston railway station in metropolitan Melbourne. A number of bus services run partway down the peninsula from Frankston Railway Station along the Nepean Highway. These run to various destinations such as Mount Martha and Mornington, via Mount Eliza.

• Train: - Metro Trains Melbourne run a diesel rail service from Frankston to Hastings and Stony Point, from where a ferry can be taken to French and Phillip Islands. A bus service also runs to Flinders on the south coast. Rail lines at one time also extended to Mornington and to Red Hill but these have now been closed.

• Ferry: - The Searoad Ferry Service operates two vehicle and passenger ferries on an hourly service between the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas, departing from Queenscliff on the Bellarine and arriving at Sorrento on the Mornington.