North Geelong railway station is located on the Geelong line, in Victoria, Australia, serving the northern Geelong suburb of North Geelong. It opened as West Geelong on 1 August 1883, and was renamed North Geelong on 1 January 1886.[1][2]
North Geelong | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Princes Highway, North Geelong Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°07′20″S 144°21′09″E / 38.1222°S 144.3524°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Waurn Ponds | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 69.98 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 486 | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed Part-Time | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | NOG | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki Zone 3/4 Overlap | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 August 1883 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | West Geelong | ||||||||||||||
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It is located on the Geelong side of the junction of the Ballarat and Melbourne lines. The North Geelong rail yards are located north of the station.
After a rearrangement of the Ballarat line junction in 1907, the platform on the west side was removed, and all trains used the one platform.[3] A further reorganisation in 1920 saw the second platform restored.[4]
In 1973, the Victoria Street level crossing, adjacent to the Down (southern) end of the station, was replaced by a road overpass and a pedestrian underpass.[5] In 1976, both platforms were extended by over 60 metres, while the platforms and platform facings were renewed in 1979.[6] The main station building on Platform 1 was replaced on 8 August 1990, and in 2008, the smaller building on Platform 2 was replaced by a metal shelter.[2]
In January 2019, the North Geelong C signal box, then one of the few remaining mechanical signal boxes in Victoria, was abolished and a project begun to automatically signal the lines it formerly controlled.[7]
Platforms & services
North Geelong has two side platforms. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and limited Warrnambool line services.[8][9]
Platform 1:
- Geelong line: V/Line services to Southern Cross
- Warrnambool line: Weekend V/Line services to Southern Cross
Platform 2:
- Geelong line: V/Line services to Geelong, South Geelong, Marshall & Waurn Ponds
- Warrnambool line: 2 weekday evening & 2 weekend V/Line services to Warrnambool
References
- ^ North Geelong Vicsig
- ^ a b North Geelong Station Rail Geelong
- ^ "North Geelong Signalling Diagram: March 1912". signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "North Geelong Signalling Diagram: September 1934". signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "Way and Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1973. p. 92.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1979. p. 174.
- ^ "North Geelong C Signal Box". Newsrail. 47 (3). Australian Railway Historical Society: 69. March 2019.
- ^ Geelong - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria