| Drouin | |
| Type: | PTV regional rail station |
| Style: | V/Line |
| Address: | Francis Avenue, Drouin, Victoria 3818 |
| Borough: | Shire of Baw Baw |
| Country: | Australia |
| Map Type: | Australia Victoria |
| Owned: | VicTrack |
| Operator: | V/Line |
| Line: | Gippsland |
| Distance: | 92.22 kilometres from Southern Cross |
| Platforms: | 2 (1 island) |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Connections: | Bus |
| Structure: | At-grade |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Status: | Operational, staffed part-time |
| Code: | DRO |
| Zone: | Myki Zone 6 |
Drouin railway station is located in Drouin, Victoria along the Gippsland railway line. It opened on 1 March 1878.[1]
Drouin opened on 1 March 1878, when the line was extended from Bunyip to Moe. The station, like the township itself, was supposedly named after a Frenchman invented a chlorination process for the extraction of gold and metals from ore,[2] or an Aboriginal word meaning 'north wind'.[3]
In 1950, the line to Warragul was duplicated, and in 1952, duplication of the line to Longwarry occurred.[1] The present island platform was provided in 1958.[1]
The signal box at Drouin closed in February 1988, with the block post abolished, all fixed signals covered and lights extinguished. The interlocked signal frame was also abolished.[4] By October 1989, all former sidings and crossovers, and the associated overhead wire, were abolished, effectively leaving Drouin as a "through" station.[1]
In 2006, the station building underwent a refurbishment.[5] During this time, it received Viclink purple station signage, the first station on the regional rail network to receive this signage.[6]
Drouin has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.[7]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Warragul Bus Lines operates four routes via Drouin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: