Geelong railway station is located on the Warrnambool line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Geelong, and it opened on 1 November 1856.[2][3]
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Location | Gordon Avenue, Geelong, Victoria 3220 City of Greater Geelong Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°08′40″S 144°21′18″E / 38.1444°S 144.3549°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | V/Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Geelong Warrnambool (Port Fairy) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 72.57 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Operational, staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | GLG | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1856 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013-2014 | 642,481[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-2015 | 638,016[1] 0.62% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2016 | 691,022[1] 8.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-2017 | 716,314[1] 3.61% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geelong Location within Victoria |
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.[4] The railway station complex has also been listed by the National Trust of Australia, as being of state-level significance.[5]
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,[2] necessitating the relocation of the station to the west, and between 1877 and 1881, the current station building was constructed.[6]
In 1975, the station received a minor upgrade to the refreshment rooms, and was also provided with a waiting room around this time.[7] In 1988, the station received an upgrade,[8] and included new passenger waiting areas and booking offices.[8]
Until the 1990s, there was a goods yard, including a large goods shed, located on the eastern side of the station.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11][12] 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:[13]
McHarry's Buslines operates twelve routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[21]
V/Line operates road coach services from Geelong station to Apollo Bay, Ballarat, Colac and Warrnambool.[34]