Waurn Ponds railway station is located on the Warrnambool line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the southern Geelong suburb of Waurn Ponds, and it opened on 12 October 2014.[3]
Waurn Ponds | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||
 Eastbound view from Platform 1, with the soon-to-be-completed Platform 2 and adjacent new track, in April 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sugargum Drive, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216 City of Greater Geelong Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°12′39.88″S 144°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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 Location within Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||
History edit
Waurn Ponds serves as the terminus for V/Line's Geelong line services. Located between Oakwood Crescent and Rossack Drive, the station was initially to be named Grovedale, but was renamed Waurn Ponds before opening.
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; $9.4 million for planning and land acquisition, and $16.5 million to build a single platform with passenger amenities, booking office and toilets, road and 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 these works, the railway line between Waurn Ponds and South Geelong is also to be 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 is also used by V/Line's Network Access Division, to refer to the 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]
Platforms and services edit
Waurn Ponds has two side platforms. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[15][16]
Platform 1:
- Geelong line services to Southern Cross
- Warrnambool line services to Warrnambool and Southern Cross
Platform 2:
- Geelong line services to Southern Cross
- Warrnambool line services to Warrnambool and Southern Cross
Transport links edit
McHarry's Buslines operates three routes via Waurn Ponds station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 41 : Geelong station – Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[17]
- 42 : Geelong station – Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[18]
- 45 : Armstrong Creek – Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre[19]
Gallery edit
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Eastbound view in November 2019
References edit
- ^ a b Now arriving at Waurn Ponds Station Archived 24 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine - Victoria's Big Build
- ^ a b c "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Waurn Ponds Archived 21 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig
- ^ "New $26 million Grovedale station a boost for public transport in Geelong". State Government of Victoria. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "New Contract awarded for $25.9m Grovedale station". State Government of Victoria. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Shane Fowles (31 July 2014). "More parking for $25 million Waurn Ponds train station". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Waurn Ponds Station Public Transport Victoria
- ^ "New V/Line timetable, Waurn Ponds and Epsom stations open", Railway Digest, December 2014, p.21
- ^ a b "Waurn Ponds Station upgrade". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Duplication". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Waurn Ponds train maintenance and stabling facility". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Major works complete at Waurn Ponds Station". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Waurn Ponds to Winchelsea signalling diagram No: 40/13" (PDF). V/Line. 14 May 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Rail works". Newsrail. Victorian Rail Publishing Inc. July 2021. p. 223.
- ^ V/Line Melbourne - Geelong timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria
- ^ 41 Geelong Station - Deakin University via Grovedale Archived 22 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ 42 Geelong Station - Deakin University via South Valley Rd Archived 22 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ 45 Armstrong Creek - Waurn Ponds SC via Waurn Ponds Station Archived 12 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
External links edit
- Services from Waurn Ponds - Public Transport Victoria
- Waurn Ponds Station upgrade - Regional Rail Revival
