Waurn Ponds | |||||||||||||||||||
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PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Sugargum Drive, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216 City of Greater Geelong Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°12′39.88″S144°20′19.23″E / 38.2110778°S 144.3386750°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Geelong Warrnambool (Port Fairy) | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 84.90 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
Status | Operational, staffed | ||||||||||||||||||
Station code | WPD | ||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 12 October 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 31 May 2022 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Grovedale (provisionally) | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
2014-2015 | 84,323 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
2015-2016 | 179,836 [2] 113.09% | ||||||||||||||||||
2016-2017 | 225,053 [2] 25.69% | ||||||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||||||
To Melbourne:Approximately every 40 minutes. To Warrnambool:5 services on weekdays and 3 on weekends
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Waurn Ponds railway station is located on the Warrnambool line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the southern Geelong suburb of the same name, and opened on 12 October 2014. [3] Waurn Ponds Archived 21 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig</ref> Located between Oakwood Crescent and Rossack Drive., Waurn Ponds is the terminus for many V/Line's Geelong line services.
In April 2013, the Victorian Government announced that a new station would be built at Waurn Ponds, to serve the nearby suburbs of Grovedale and Armstrong Creek. The station was budgeted at $25.9 million, with $9.4 million for planning and land acquisition, and $16.5 million for a single platform with passenger amenities, booking office and toilets, bus bays, bicycle storage, and parking for 200 cars. [4]
Contracts for the construction of the station were awarded in February 2014. [5] In July 2014, the name of the station was changed to Waurn Ponds, and the size of the planned car park was increased to 292 spaces, along with overflow parking for a further 100 to 150 vehicles. [6] The new station opened on 12 October 2014. [7] [8]
In 2020, the State Government announced an upgrade to the station, as part of the Regional Rail Revival project. [9] The project included the construction of a new platform to the south of the existing platform, a new pedestrian overpass, an upgraded car park and upgraded lighting and CCTV. [9] As part of those works, the railway line between Waurn Ponds and South Geelong is being duplicated, [10] as well as the construction of a new maintenance and stabling facility. [11] Major works at the station were completed in January 2022, [12] with all station upgrades, including the second platform, in use by 31 May of that year. [1]
The Waurn Ponds name was also used by V/Line's Network Access Division, to refer to the former Victorian Portland Cement Company sidings at the Blue Circle Southern Cement plant, two kilometres west of the passenger station. [13] On 31 May 2021, the sidings were officially abolished. [14]
Waurn Ponds has two side platforms and is served by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line trains. [15] [16]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
McHarry's Buslines operates three routes via Waurn Ponds station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
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