Waurn Ponds railway station

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Waurn Ponds
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
LocationSugargum Drive,
Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
City of Greater Geelong
Australia
Coordinates38°12′39.88″S 144°20′19.23″E / 38.2110778°S 144.3386750°E / -38.2110778; 144.3386750
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)Warrnambool
Distance84.90 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Staffed
Station codeWPD
Fare zoneMyki Zone 4
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened12 October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-12)
Rebuilt31 May 2022[1]
Previous namesGrovedale (Provisionally)
Passengers
2014-201584,323[2]
2015-2016179,836[2] Increase 113.09%
2016-2017225,053[2] Increase 25.69%
Services
To Melbourne: Approximately every 40 minutes.
To Warrnambool: 4 services on weekdays and 3 on weekends
Preceding station Railways in Victoria 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

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]

History

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

Waurn Ponds has two side platforms. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[15][16]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

McHarry's Buslines operates three routes via Waurn Ponds station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery

  • Eastbound view in November 2019
    Eastbound view in November 2019

References

  1. ^ a b Now arriving at Waurn Ponds Station - Victoria's Big Build
  2. ^ a b c "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ^ Waurn Ponds Vicsig
  4. ^ "New $26 million Grovedale station a boost for public transport in Geelong". State Government of Victoria. 26 April 2013.
  5. ^ "New Contract awarded for $25.9m Grovedale station". State Government of Victoria. 4 February 2014.
  6. ^ Shane Fowles (31 July 2014). "More parking for $25 million Waurn Ponds train station". Geelong Advertiser.
  7. ^ Waurn Ponds Station Public Transport Victoria
  8. ^ "New V/Line timetable, Waurn Ponds and Epsom stations open" Railway Digest December 2014 page 21
  9. ^ a b "Waurn Ponds Station upgrade". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. ^ "South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Duplication". Victoria's Big Build.
  11. ^ "Waurn Ponds train maintenance and stabling facility". Victoria's Big Build.
  12. ^ "Major works complete at Waurn Ponds Station". Victoria's Big Build.
  13. ^ "Waurn Ponds to Winchelsea signalling diagram No: 40/13" (PDF). V/Line. 14 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Rail works". Newsrail. Victorian Rail Publishing Inc. July 2021. p. 223.
  15. ^ V/Line Melbourne - Geelong timetable Public Transport Victoria
  16. ^ Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria
  17. ^ 41 Geelong Station - Deakin University via Grovedale Public Transport Victoria
  18. ^ 42 Geelong Station - Deakin University via South Valley Rd Public Transport Victoria
  19. ^ 45 Armstrong Creek - Waurn Ponds SC via Waurn Ponds Station Public Transport Victoria

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