Geelong railway station

Geelong

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

Station information
Code GLG
Distance from
Southern Cross
74.56km
Operator V/Line
Lines Geelong, Warrnambool
# Platforms 3
# Tracks 9 (3 at Station)
Status Staffed Station
Viclink profile Link
Melway map 452 A3
Google map G-Map
Myki zone Zone 4

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.

Geelong railway station is of historic and architectural significance to both Geelong and Victoria. The station is one of only three in Victoria to have a nineteenth century train shed (along with Ballarat and St Kilda).[1]

Contents

Platforms and services

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

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.

References

  1. ^ "St Kilda Railway Station & Metropol Apartments". St Kilda Historical Society. www.skhs.org.au. http://www.skhs.org.au/SKHSbuildings/19.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 

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