| 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: |
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| 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]
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]
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:
CDC Geelong operates seven routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[12]
North Shore station – Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[13]
to Corio Shopping Centre[15]
to North Shore station[16]
to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[19]
McHarry's Buslines operates twelve routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[20]
to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[24]
to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[25]
to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[26]
to Jan Juc[28]
V/Line operates road coach services from Geelong station to Apollo Bay, Ballarat, Colac and Warrnambool.[33]