Grovedale was a railway station on the outskirts of
Geelong
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, located on the
Warrnambool railway line
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in
Victoria
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,
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. Located near the current Torquay Road (Surfcoast Highway) level crossing, the station opened in 1876 as Germantown and was renamed Grovedale in February 1916.
Reuse of name
In the early 2000s the
Victoria State Government
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used the 'Grovedale' name when proposing a new railway station to serve the southern suburbs of Geelong. In December 2003 Marshalltown Road was selected as the site, with the name of the station being changed in September 2004 to
Marshall
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, for the station that was originally located on the site. This station opened to passengers as 'Marshall' in 2004.
In April 2013 the State Government used the Grovedale name to announce an additional railway station in southern Geelong, this time located in the suburb of
Waurn Ponds
Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and ...
. The name of the future station being changed in July 2014 to
Waurn Ponds
Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and ...
,
and it opened to passengers as 'Waurn Ponds' in October 2014.
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Railway stations opened in 1876
Railway stations closed in 1954