Woodend railway station, Victoria

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Woodend
PTV regional rail station
Woodend station Eastbound.jpg
Eastbound view from Platform 1, July 2022
General information
Location Calder Highway,
Woodend, Victoria 3442
Shire of Macedon Ranges
Australia
Coordinates 37°21′33″S144°31′34″E / 37.3592°S 144.5262°E / -37.3592; 144.5262
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Bendigo Echuca Swan Hill
(Deniliquin)
Distance78.09 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsVictoria bus logo.svg Bus [1]
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed
Station codeWNO
Fare zone Myki Zone 4/5 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 July 1861;163 years ago (1861-07-08)
Services
Preceding station Victoria train logo.svg V/Line Following station
Macedon
towards Southern Cross
Bendigo line Kyneton
towards Bendigo, Epsom or Eaglehawk
Echuca line Kyneton
towards Echuca
Gisborne
towards Southern Cross
Swan Hill line Kyneton
towards Swan Hill
Location
Australia Victoria location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Woodend
Location within Victoria

Woodend railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Woodend, and opened on 8 July 1861. [2] [3]

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At the time of opening it was the terminus of the railway line after being extended from Sunbury. It remained the terminus until it was extended to Kyneton the next year [4]

In December 1897, the original station building was destroyed by fire. [2] [3]

In 1960, a crossover at the up end of the station was abolished. [2] [3]

The station once had extra sidings on the far side of Platform 2, as well as a turntable. The sidings were abolished in February 1990, [2] [3] and the turntable was relocated to Castlemaine in the early 1990s, for use by the Victorian Goldfields Railway.

In March 1995, the signal box was abolished, and was replaced with a signal bay within the Platform 1 station building. [3] A crossover at the down end of the station and the turntable road were also abolished by March of that year. [3] On 17 January 2005, the signal bay itself was abolished. [5]

The original stationmaster's house still stands. It was built in 1897 and, at the time, the stationmaster was able to see along the track from the doorways.

The disused Carlsruhe station is located between Woodend and Kyneton stations.

Platforms and services

Woodend has two side platforms and is served by V/Line Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line trains. [6] [7] [8]

During the morning peak, trains to Melbourne depart from Platform 2, and trains to Bendigo depart from Platform 1. That is reversed after 8:30am, to allow trains travelling in the "peak" direction to use the one 160 km/h track, upgraded in 2006 as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates one bus route via Woodend station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

V/Line operates a bus service to and from Daylesford to Woodend Station so commuters from Daylesford and intermediate towns including Lyonville, Trentham and Tylden are able to get access to Victoria's train network. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Woodend FlexiRide Service Public Transport Victoria
  2. 1 2 3 4 Woodend Vicsig
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Woodend VR History
  4. ↑ The line was extended to Sunbury in 1859 for 2 years until Woodend became the terminus in 1861. Kyneton station then opened in 1862
  5. ↑ Woodend Signal Box (WNO) Vicsig
  6. ↑ Bendigo - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Echuca/Moama - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  8. ↑ Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. ↑ "V/Line Bus Service Timetable to/from Daylesford". V/Line timetable.
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