Werribee Racecourse railway station, Melbourne

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Werribee Racecourse
Station information
Lines Warrnambool
Distance from Flinders St 33.72 km
Number of Platforms 1
Number of Tracks 3
Station Status Closed
Station closed 1995
Google map of station G-Map Link

Werribee Racecourse is a disused station located between Werribee and Little River stations in Werribee, south-west Melbourne, Australia. The station was to serve the nearby Werribee Racecourse.[1]

Werribee Racecourse station was originally to be part of the electrified system when overhead lines were extended to Werribee in the 1980s – the overhead stanchions were built as far as the station along one track but they were never wired,[2] because the safeworking system used on the line does not permit the termination and reversal of a train once inside the section, the signals preventing an electric train from returning to Werribee.[1]

The station has been unused since 1995 when the Western standard gauge line was built, making it impossible to access the station without crossing the standard gauge track.[2] There have been calls to extend the overhead to the station to the serve the growing areas west of Werribee.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Werribee Racecourse Station (HTML). Rail Geelong. Marcus Wong. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  2. ^ a b Werribee Racecourse (HTML). Victorian Railway Stations. Ross Thomson. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.