Geelong railway station

Geelong station was built as the terminus of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company line. It was a dead-end terminus, located on the site of the present law courts complex. In November 1876, the railway was extended south to Winchelsea,[2] necessitating the relocation of the station to the west, and between 1877 and 1881, the current station building was constructed.[6]

In 1975, the station received a minor upgrade to the refreshment rooms, and was also provided with a waiting room around this time.[7] In 1988, the station received an upgrade,[8] and included new passenger waiting areas and booking offices.[8]

Until the 1990s, there was a goods yard, including a large goods shed, located on the eastern side of the station.[9] It is now the site of Geelong's law courts and police station. A locomotive depot remains to the north, and carriage stabling sidings are to the west.

In March 2015, a further upgrade to the station was completed, which included the installation of a new DDA-compliant pedestrian overpass to connect all platforms, which included lifts, avoiding the need to use the original heritage-protected pedestrian bridge, which only has stairs.[10]

Geelong has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. Prior to the opening of the Regional Rail Link in 2015, almost all trains used Platform 1. Platforms 2 and 3 were only used when Platform 1 was occupied;

Platform 1: up services to Southern Cross and down services to South Geelong, Marshall, and Waurn Ponds.

Platform 2: Up and down Warrnambool services, terminating services and other services if Platform 1 was occupied.

Platform 3: Terminating services, special heritage services and other services if Platform 1 was occupied.

After the opening of the Regional Rail Link, Geelong now has three times as many services running, requiring trains to cross at Geelong on a regular basis. The platforms have now been divided into up and down platforms;

Platform 1: Down services to South Geelong, Marshall, Waurn Ponds, and Warrnambool

Platform 2: Up services when Platform 3 is occupied, special heritage services

Platform 3: Up services to Southern Cross, terminating services

It is common for a trains to be in all three platforms e.g.

Platform 1: Down Waurn Ponds service

Platform 2: Up service, stopping all stations

Platform 3: Up express service from Warrnambool

It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[11][12] Some services terminate at Geelong, although most continue south.

Platform 1:

•  Geelong line  services to South Geelong, Marshall, Waurn Ponds and Southern Cross
•  Warrnambool line  services to Warrnambool and Southern Cross

Platform 2:

•  Geelong line  services to Southern Cross
•  Warrnambool line  services to Southern Cross

Platform 3:

•  Geelong line  services to Southern Cross; peak hour terminating services
•  Warrnambool line  services to Southern Cross

CDC Geelong operates seven routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[13]

•  1 : North Shore station – Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[14]
•  19 : Geelong – Bannockburn[15]
•  20 : to Corio Shopping Centre[16]
•  22 : to North Shore station[17]
•  24 : to North Geelong station[18]
•  25 : to Bell Post Hill[19]
•  43 : to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[20]

McHarry's Buslines operates twelve routes via Geelong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:[21]

•  30 : to Whittington[22]
•  31 : to St Albans Park[23]
•  32 : to Leopold[24]
•  40 : to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[25]
•  41 : to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[26]
•  42 : to Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus[27]
•  50 : to Jan Juc[28]
•  51 : to Jan Juc[29]
•  55 : to Ocean Grove[30]
•  56 : to Queenscliff[31]
•  60 : to St Leonards[32]
•  61 : to Drysdale[33]

V/Line operates road coach services from Geelong station to Apollo Bay, Ballarat, Colac and Warrnambool.[34]

• Media related to Geelong railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Victorian Railway Stations gallery