Warrenheip railway station
Warrenheip
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File:VLine VLocity Warrenheip.jpg
V/Line VLocity train on the Ballarat-Melbourne line, passing the junction at Warrenheip
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Line(s) | Serviceton |
Platforms | 1 |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Closed |
History | |
Opened | 1 February 1873 |
Closed | 4 October 1981 |
Warrenheip is a closed station located in the town of Warrenheip, on the Serviceton railway line in Victoria, Australia. The junction of the Geelong-Ballarat line is at the down end of the former station site.
The double track Geelong to Ballarat railway, which ran though the area, opened in 1862.[1] The station opened in 1873, becoming a junction in 1879 when a branch line was built towards Gordon station. That branch eventually became the direct line to Melbourne, which was completed in 1889.[2]
The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981 as part of the New Deal timetable for country passengers.[3] In 1995 the double line from Ballarat to Warrenheip was converted to two parallel and independent lines, and the junction abolished. An unattended crossing loop remains on the line to Geelong.[4]
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