Geelong railway station explained

Geelong
Type:PTV regional rail station
Style:V/Line
Address:Gordon Avenue,
Geelong, Victoria 3220
Borough:City of Greater Geelong
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-38.1444°N 144.3549°W
Map Type:Australia Victoria
Distance:72.57 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Line:
(Port Fairy)
Other:
  • Bus
  • Coach
Structure:Ground
Platform:3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks:9
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Code:GLG
Owned:VicTrack
Operator:V/Line
Zone:Myki Zone 4
Status:Operational, staffed
Web:Public Transport Victoria

Geelong railway station is a regional railway station on the Warrnambool line, which is part of the Regional railway network. It serves the city Geelong, in Victoria, Australia. Geelong station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 November 1856.[1] [2]

Together with Ballarat, it is one of only two stations in Victoria to have a 19th-century train shed, and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[3] The railway station complex has also been listed by the National Trust of Australia, as being of state-level significance.[4]

History

Geelong station was built as the terminus of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company line. It was a dead-end terminus, located on the site of the present law courts complex. In November 1876, the railway was extended south to Winchelsea,[1] necessitating the relocation of the station to the west, and between 1877 and 1881, the current station building was constructed.[5]

In 1975, the station received a minor upgrade to the refreshment rooms, and was also provided with a waiting room around this time.[6] In 1988, the station received an upgrade,[7] and included new passenger waiting areas and booking offices.[7]

Until the 1990s, there was a goods yard, including a large goods shed, located on the eastern side of the station.[8] It is now the site of Geelong's law courts and police station. A locomotive depot remains to the north, and carriage stabling sidings are to the west.

In March 2015, a further upgrade to the station was completed, which included the installation of a new DDA-compliant pedestrian overpass to connect all platforms, which included lifts, avoiding the need to use the original heritage-protected pedestrian bridge, which only has stairs.[9]

Platforms and services

Geelong has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. Prior to the opening of the Regional Rail Link in 2015, almost all trains used Platform 1. Platforms 2 and 3 were only used when Platform 1 was occupied;

Platform 1: up services to Southern Cross and down services to South Geelong, Marshall, and Waurn Ponds.

Platform 2: Up and down Warrnambool services, terminating services and other services if Platform 1 was occupied.

Platform 3: Terminating services, special heritage services and other services if Platform 1 was occupied.

After the opening of the Regional Rail Link, Geelong now has three times as many services running, requiring trains to cross at Geelong on a regular basis. The platforms have now been divided into up and down platforms;

Platform 1: Down services to South Geelong, Marshall, Waurn Ponds, and Warrnambool

Platform 2: Up services when Platform 3 is occupied, special heritage services

Platform 3: Up services to Southern Cross, terminating services

It is common for a trains to be in all three platforms e.g.

Platform 1: Down Waurn Ponds service

Platform 2: Up service, stopping all stations

Platform 3: Up express service from Warrnambool

It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[10] [11] Some services terminate at Geelong, although most continue south.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Transport links

CDC Geelong operates seven routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[12]

North Shore stationDeakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[13]

GeelongBannockburn[14]

to Corio Shopping Centre[15]

to North Shore station[16]

to North Geelong station[17]

to Bell Post Hill[18]

to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[19]

McHarry's Buslines operates twelve routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[20]

to Whittington[21]

to St Albans Park[22]

to Leopold[23]

to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[24]

to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[25]

to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[26]

to Jan Juc[27]

to Jan Juc[28]

to Ocean Grove[29]

to Queenscliff[30]

to St Leonards[31]

to Drysdale[32]

V/Line operates road coach services from Geelong station to Apollo Bay, Ballarat, Colac and Warrnambool.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Geelong Geelong
  2. http://www.railgeelong.com/location/geelong Geelong Station
  3. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/540 Geelong Railway Station
  4. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/68427 Geelong Railway Station Complex
  5. Web site: Wong. Marcus. Geelong Station. Rail Geelong. 2017-11-30.
  6. June 1975. Works & Safeworking. Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 125.
  7. November 1988. Works. Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 349.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20091001110115/http://www.nattrust.com.au/trust_register/search_the_register/geelong_railway_station_complex Geelong Railway Station Complex
  9. http://ptv.vic.gov.au/projects/railway-stations/geelong-station-disability-access-project/ Geelong Station Disability Access Project
  10. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1745 Geelong - Melbourne timetable
  11. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1853 Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac
  12. Web site: Geelong bus timetables & maps. 2021-02-09. CDC Victoria. en-AU.
  13. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8765/north-shore-station-deakin-university-via-geelong-city/ 1 North Shore Station - Deakin University via Geelong City
  14. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8714/geelong-bannockburn/ 19 Geelong - Bannockburn
  15. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8599/geelong-station-corio-sc/ 20 Geelong Station - Corio SC
  16. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8611/geelong-station-north-shore-station-via-anakie-rd/ 22 Geelong Station - North Shore Station via Anakie Rd
  17. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8618/geelong-station-north-geelong-station-via-newtown/ 24 Geelong Station - North Geelong Station via Newtown
  18. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8621/geelong-station-bell-post-hill/ 25 Geelong Station - Bell Post Hill
  19. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8639/geelong-station-deakin-university-via-highton/ 43 Geelong Station - Deakin University via Highton
  20. Web site: Timetables. 2021-02-09. McHarry's Buslines. en-US.
  21. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/14922/30-geelong-station-whittington-via-newcomb/ 30 Geelong Station - Whittington via Newcomb
  22. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8627/geelong-station-st-albans-park/ 31 Geelong Station - St Albans Park
  23. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8579/geelong-station-leopold/ 32 Geelong Station - Leopold
  24. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8630/geelong-station-deakin-university-via-breakwater/ 40 Geelong Station - Deakin University via Breakwater
  25. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/10846/geelong-station-deakin-university-via-grovedale/ 41 Geelong Station - Deakin University via Grovedale
  26. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/10854/geelong-station-deakin-university-via-south-valley-rd/ 42 Geelong Station - Deakin University via South Valley Rd
  27. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/14933/50-geelong-station-jan-juc-via-marshall-station-and-fischer-st/ 50 Geelong Station - Jan Juc via Marshall Station and Fischer St
  28. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/14935/51-geelong-station-jan-juc-via-marshall-station/ 51 Geelong Station - Jan Juc via Marshall Station
  29. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15195/55-geelong-station-ocean-grove-via-barwon-heads/ 55 Geelong Station - Ocean Grove via Barwon Heads
  30. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/8654/geelong-station-queenscliff-via-ocean-grove/ 56 Geelong Station - Queenscliff via Ocean Grove
  31. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/13697/60-geelong-station-st-leonards-via-portarlington/ 60 Geelong Station - St Leonards via Portarlington
  32. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/13696/61-geelong-station-drysdale-via-clifton-springs/ 61 Geelong Station - Drysdale via Clifton Springs
  33. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/1749 Warrnambool - Melbourne via Apollo Bay