Freshwater Beach railway station

Freshwater Beach railway station is a railway station located in Freshwater, close to and serving the popular Freshwater Beach.

The station opened on 8 June 2011.

History
Construction of the station began in February 2011, with the construction of the Freshwater Beach line, with construction finishing in April 2011. The station was built to the usual length specification, with a single platform located on the beach side of the railway line, with a stabling siding located opposite the platform.

The line and station opened in June 2011.

At a large press conference at October 2013 where the details of the 2014 engineering program were announced, Home Rail announced that Freshwater Beach would be served by the Lake Home line, recieving services from Lake Home. It was later announced, after anger amongst holidaymakers that they would have to change services, that a direct service from Home Interchange would be run to the station, retaining the old Freshwater Beach line name, which currently runs in the summer period only.

The summer period proved tricky at the station, with there often being delays due to the single platform terminus for two services. Delays were often more prevalent on a weekend and during the summer holiday, with most services being run as double units, which then meant that the entire platform was being used at once.

In August 2015, Home Rail announced that there would be another platform constructed at the location in December 2015 to rectify the issues that were occurring with congestion at the station in the previous two years of the new network.