Lara railway station
Lara | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view in March 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Hicks Street, Lara | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°01′19″S 144°24′53″E / 38.0220°S 144.4147°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Port Fairy | ||||||||||
| Distance | 57.50 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed part time | ||||||||||
| Station code | LAR | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2-4 overlap | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 November 1856 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Lara railway station is located on the Port Fairy line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Lara opening on 1 November 1856 as Duck Ponds, being renamed Lara in September 1872.[1][2][3]
It opened as the temporary terminus of the Geelong - Melbourne line in 1856.[4] The present station building was constructed in the 1920s,[4]: 152 and the existing single platform on the east side of the line was converted into an island platform when the line from Lara to Little River was duplicated in June 1981.[2][3]
The Western standard gauge line passes to the north of the station. A Run around siding is provided for Avalon Airshow trains which terminate here.
Platforms & services
Lara has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services.[5][6]
Platform 1:
- Geelong line: V/Line services to Southern Cross
- Warrnambool line: V/Line services to Southern Cross
Platform 2:
- Geelong line: V/Line services to Geelong, South Geelong, Marshall & Waurn Ponds
- Warrnambool line: V/Line services to Warrnambool
References
- ^ Lara Vicsig
- ^ a b Lara Station Rail Geelong
- ^ a b "Newport - Geelong (1993)" (PDF). Victorian Station Histories. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- ^ a b Wynd, Ian. “So Fine a Country: A History of the Shire of Corio”, Shire of Corio, 1981, p.50.
- ^ Geelong - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria