Beaufort railway station, Victoria
Beaufort | |||||||||||||
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 Station building and entrance, December 2008 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Pratt Street, Beaufort, Victoria 3373 Shire of Pyrenees Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°25′39″S 143°22′55″E / 37.4276°S 143.3819°E | ||||||||||||
| System | PTV regional rail station | ||||||||||||
| Owner | VicTrack | ||||||||||||
| Operator | V/Line | ||||||||||||
| Lines | Ararat (Ararat) | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 164.78 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Coach | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational, unstaffed | ||||||||||||
| Station code | BET | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | ||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 August 1874 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 27 May 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 11 July 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | 8,949[1] | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | 8,230[1]  8.03% | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | 7,989[1] 2.92% | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | 8,770[1]  9.77% | ||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Not measured[1] | ||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | 9,200[1] 4.9% | ||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | 7,300[1] 20.65% | ||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | 5,000[1] 31.5% | ||||||||||||
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Beaufort railway station is located on the Ararat line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of the same name, and was opened on 11 August 1874.[2]
History
[edit]Beaufort station was opened with the railway line from Ballarat.[2] It was a terminus until 7 April 1875, when the line was extended to Ararat.[2] Like the town itself, the station was named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer and rear admiral of the British Royal Navy.[3]
On 14 September 1988, it was disestablished as a staff station,[4] with the signal box, interlocking and signals abolished. The electric staff sections Trawalla - Beaufort and Beaufort - Buangor were also abolished, replaced with the electric staff section Trawalla - Buangor.[5] In May 1989, two loop lines that formed the station yard were removed.[6]
In October 1993, station staff were withdrawn, and platform seats were removed.[6] On 27 May 1994, the station closed and road coaches replaced rail passenger services between Ballarat and Ararat.[6]
In 2000, the station building and signal box underwent a restoration, to make them more suitable for community use.[6] By August 2003, upgrades to allow the station to reopen were complete.[6] On 11 July 2004, the station reopened when V/Line passenger services to Ararat were reinstated.[7]
In October 2014, the former station building was converted into a community arts centre, whilst the former goods shed hosed a steam-era museum.[8][9]
Disused stations at Burrumbeet and Trawalla are located between Beaufort and Wendouree, and the disused station Buangor is located between Beaufort and Ararat.
Platforms and services
[edit]Beaufort has one platform and is served by V/Line Ararat line trains.[10]
| Beaufort platform arrangement | ||||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | ||
| 1 | Ararat line | Southern Cross, Ararat | ||
Transport links
[edit]V/Line operates a road coach service via Beaufort station:
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
- 1 2 3 "Beaufort". vicsig.net. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ↑ "Beaufort". Victorian Places. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ↑ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1988. p. 334.
- ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1988. p. 345.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Banger, Chris (April 2007). "Notes on the Ballarat - Ararat Rail Corridor". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 106–115.
- ↑ "Ararat sleepers awake to new sound - the train". The Age. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Then and Now...Beaufort". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). February 2016. p. 60.
- ↑ "Community use of vacant rail buildings - Beaufort". VicTrack. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ Ararat - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
External links
[edit]- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
- When there were Stations gallery
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au