Warrenheip railway station

Warrenheip

V/Line VLocity train on the Ballarat-Melbourne line, passing the junction at Warrenheip
Station information
Line Serviceton
Distance from Southern Cross 107.20 km
Number of platforms 1
Number of tracks 2
Station status Closed
Station opened 1 February 1873
Station closed 4 October 1981

Warrenheip is a closed station located in the town of Warrenheip, on the Serviceton railway line in Victoria, Australia. The Geelong-Ballarat line junctions off at the down end of the former station.

The line though the station opened in 1862, on the double track railway from Geelong to Ballarat.[1] The station opened in 1873, becoming a junction in 1879 when a branch line was built towards Gordon station, the direct line to Melbourne not completed until 1889.[2] The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981 as part of the New Deal timetable for country passengers.[3] In 1995 the double line from Ballarat to Warrenheip was converted to two parallel and independent lines, and the junction abolished. An unattended crossing loop remains on the line to Geelong.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Rail Geelong - Geelong Line Guide". www.railgeelong.com. http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/geelong. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
  2. ^ Andrew Waugh. "Warrenheip station". Victorian Station Histories. www.vrhistory.com. http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/A070-Warrenheip.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
  3. ^ Scott Martin and Chris Banger (October 2006). "'New Deal' for County Passengers - 25 years on". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): page 319. 
  4. ^ "North Geelong to Yelta" (PDF). V/Line ~ Network Access ~ Information Pack. www.vline.com.au. http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/rna/north_geelong_to_yelta.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
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