Waurn Ponds railway station

Waurn Ponds railway station is located in the southern Geelong suburb of Waurn Ponds and is the current terminus of the Geelong railway line. Located on the north side of the Warrnambool line, between Oakwood Crescent and Rossack Drive, the station was initially to be named Grovedale, but was renamed Waurn Ponds before opening.

Waurn Ponds
LocationSugargum Drive, Waurn Ponds
Coordinates38°12′39.88″S 144°20′19.23″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)Warrnambool
Distance84.90 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeWPD
Fare zoneMyki zone 4
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened12 October 2014
Services
To Melbourne: Approximately every 40 minutes.

To Warrnambool: 4 services on weekdays and 3 on weekends
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Marshall
towards Southern Cross
 Geelong line Terminus
Warrnambool line
Limited service
 Winchelsea
towards Warrnambool
Geelong
towards Southern Cross
 Warrnambool line
Most weekday services

In April 2013, the Victoria State Government announced that a new Waurn Ponds 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 – $9.4 million for planning and land acquisition, and $16.5 million to build a single platform with passenger amenities, booking office and toilets, on road bus bays, bicycle storage and parking for 200 cars.[1]

Contracts for the construction of the station were awarded in February 2014.[2] In July 2014, the name of the future 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.[3] The new station opened on 12 October 2014.[4][5]

In 2020, the Victorian Government proposes to build the new platform 2 at Waurn Ponds.

Platforms & services

Waurn Ponds has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[6][7]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Freight sidings

The Waurn Ponds name is also used by V/Line's Network Access Division to refer to the Victorian Portland Cement Company Sidings,[8] at the Blue Circle Southern Cement plant, two kilometres west of the passenger station.

References
  1. "New $26 million Grovedale station a boost for public transport in Geelong". State Government of Victoria. 26 April 2013.
  2. "New Contract awarded for $25.9m Grovedale station". State Government of Victoria. 4 February 2014.
  3. Shane Fowles (31 July 2014). "More parking for $25 million Waurn Ponds train station". Geelong Advertiser.
  4. Waurn Ponds Station Public Transport Victoria
  5. "New V/Line timetable, Waurn Ponds and Epsom stations open" Railway Digest December 2014 page 21
  6. V/Line Melbourne - Geelong timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria
  8. "Waurn Ponds to Winchelsea signalling diagram No: 40/13" (PDF). V/Line. 14 May 2013.
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