Cobblebank railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria,

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. It serves the western

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suburb of Cobblebank, and opened on 1 December 2019.Cobblebank
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History

Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 65 opened on 1 October 1934, and was at the approximate location of the present Cobblebank station. By 4 November 1968, it had been removed from the

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working timetables, and it was closed on 8 July 1969. In November 2017, the Victorian State Government announced the station would be built, with a scheduled completion date of late 2019. The station, built as part of the Regional Rail Revival project, was provided to serve future residential developments nearby. On 26 October 2018, the designs for the station were revealed, and at the same time, it was renamed from Toolern to Cobblebank. Despite that, it still uses the station code for Toolern (TLN). The station was opened on 1 December 2019, with up to 1000 community members attending the opening celebration. The station opening coincided with the duplication of 18km of track between Deer Park West and Melton. The station will eventually become part of the metropolitan railway network under the Western Rail Plan, announced by the Andrews State Government in 2018.

Platforms, facilities and services

Cobblebank has two

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s. The station has a ticketing office, an office and holding cell for Protective Services Officers, a waiting room, male, female and accessible toilets,
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bicycle parking cage, an accessible pedestrian overpass with lifts, ramps and stairs, and bus and car parking. The station has provision for two express railway tracks, which will most likely be laid after electrification works to Melton are complete. It is served by

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and Ararat line trains. Platform 1: * services to

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* services to Southern Cross Platform 2: * services to Melton,

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and Wendouree * services to Ararat

Transport Links

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operates one route to and from Cobblebank station, under contract to

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: *: to Melton Station454 Melton Station to Cobblebank Station
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Gallery

File:Cobblebank train station being opened by Hon Jacinta Allan.jpg, Opening of the station by the Hon. Jacinta Allan, Minister of Transport, in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Building 2 December 2019.jpg, Platform 2 station front and entrance in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Bicycle Hoops.jpg, Platform 2 environs and overpass in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Passenger Waiting Room.jpg, Passenger waiting room and bus stops in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Platform 1 (toward Ballarat).jpg, Eastbound view from Platform 2, towards

, in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station pedestrian stairs from Platform 2 to Platform 1 .jpg, View of the pedestrian stairs from Platform 1 in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Pedestrian Concourse .jpg, Northbound view of the pedestrian concourse in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Platform 1.jpg, Eastbound view from Platform 1, towards Southern Cross, in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Platform 1 With Velocity Train.jpg, Southern Cross bound VLocity train arriving into Platform 1 in December 2019 File:Cobblebank Station Viewed From Coach Road 2 Dec 2019.jpg, Northbound view of the station from Coach Street in December 2019

References

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