| North Geelong | |
| Type: | PTV regional rail station |
| Style: | V/Line |
| Address: | Princes Highway, North Geelong, Victoria 3215 |
| Borough: | City of Greater Geelong |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -38.1222°N 144.3524°W |
| Map Type: | Australia Victoria |
| Distance: | 69.98 kilometres from Southern Cross |
| Line: | (Warrnambool) |
| Other: | Bus |
| Structure: | Ground |
| Platform: | 2 side |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Parking: | 486 |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Rebuilt: | 8 August 1990 2008 |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Code: | NOG |
| Owned: | VicTrack |
| Operator: | V/Line |
| Zone: | Myki Zone 3/4 overlap |
| Status: | Operational, staffed part-time |
| Former: | West Geelong (1883-1885) |
| Web: | Public Transport Victoria |
North Geelong railway station is a regional railway station on the Warrnambool line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the northern Geelong suburb of North Geelong, in Victoria, Australia. North Geelong station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 August 1883, with the current station provided in 1990.[1] [2]
Initially opened as West Geelong, the station was given its current name of North Geelong on 1 January 1886.[3]
The station is the junction of the Geelong–Ballarat and Warrnambool lines. The North Geelong rail yards are north of the station.
After a rearrangement of the Ballarat line junction in 1907, the platform on the west side was removed, and all trains used the one platform.[4] A further reorganisation in 1920 saw the second platform restored.[5]
In 1973, the former Victoria Street level crossing, which was at the down (southern) end of the station, was replaced by the Margaret Street overpass and a pedestrian underpass.[6] In 1976, both platforms were extended by over 60 metres, and the platforms and platform facings were renewed in 1979.[7] The main station building on Platform 1 was opened on 8 August 1990 and, in 2008, the smaller building on Platform 2 was replaced by a metal shelter.[2]
In January 2019, the North Geelong "C" signal box, one of the few remaining mechanical signal boxes in Victoria, was abolished, and a project was begun to automatically signal the lines it formerly controlled.[8] [9]
North Geelong has two side platforms. It is served by V/Line Geelong line and selected Warrnambool line trains.[10] [11]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
CDC Geelong operates two bus routes via North Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Geelong station – Corio Shopping Centre[12]
to Geelong station[13]