Lara railway station

Lara

Northbound view in March 2008
Location Hicks Street, Lara
Coordinates 38°01′19″S 144°24′53″E / 38.0220°S 144.4147°ECoordinates: 38°01′19″S 144°24′53″E / 38.0220°S 144.4147°E
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Port Fairy
Distance 57.50 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Staffed part time
Station code LAR
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 1 November 1856
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station
Little River
Geelong line
Corio
toward Waurn Ponds
Werribee
Warrnambool line
North Geelong
toward Warrnambool
Location
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Lara railway station is located on the Port Fairy line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Lara opening on 1 November 1856 as Duck Ponds, being renamed Lara in September 1872.[1][2][3]

It opened as the temporary terminus of the Geelong - Melbourne line in 1856.[4] The present station building was constructed in the 1920s,[4]:152 and the existing single platform on the east side of the line was converted into an island platform when the line from Lara to Little River was duplicated in June 1981.[2][3]

The Western standard gauge line passes to the north of the station.

Platforms & services

Lara has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[5][6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

References

  1. Lara Vicsig
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lara Station Rail Geelong
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Newport - Geelong (1993)" (PDF). Victorian Station Histories. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wynd, Ian. “So Fine a Country: A History of the Shire of Corio”, Shire of Corio, 1981, p.50.
  5. Geelong - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria

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