Geelong railway station, Victoria

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Geelong
Station information
Various V/Line morning services on Platforms 1, 2 and 3

Code	GLG
Distance from Southern Cross	74.56km
Lines	Geelong, Warrnambool
# Platforms	3
# Tracks	3
Status	Staffed Station
Viclink profile	Link
Melway map	452 A3
Google map	G-Map

Geelong railway station is served by the Geelong line, and is located in Railway Terrace, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Geelong railway station is located opposite the Geelong Law Courts and also adjacent to the Gordon Institute of TAFE and the Geelong Police Station. All trains leaving the city of Geelong stop at the station.

[edit] History

Geelong Station was the original terminus of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company line. The first Geelong Station was a dead ended terminus located somewhere near the present Law Courts Complex. In 1876 the railway was extended south to Colac, and the station was altered.

The present station building dates back to the 1880s. It was originally surrounded by a goods yard that has been progressively relocated. A locomotive deport remains to the north, and carriage stabling sidings are to the west.