Goornong railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in

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. It serves the town of

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, and it opened on 12 December 2021.Goornong
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History

Goornong originally opened on 19 September 1864, along with the line to

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, and closed on 4 June 1979. On 5 August 2008, a petition was presented to the

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council, signed by 175 Goornong residents, calling for a

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to be built at Goornong. On 31 August 2018, the Victorian Labor Government announced that, if it was re-elected at the 2018 state election, a station would be provided at Goornong by 2021, as part of the Bendigo metro rail project. Labor was ultimately re-elected, winning 55 of the 88 seats in the

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. On 31 July 2020, a concept map of the proposed station was released. On 19 May 2021, it was announced that site investigations had begun at Goornong and that the contract for the construction of the station had been awarded to Symal Infrastructure. On 30 July 2021, the

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and Victorian governments jointly announced that "critical works including track alignment and platform construction" would take place at Goornong, with the station set to open "by the end of the year". Between September and October 2021, track upgrades were performed between Epsom station and Goornong, to allow an increase in track speed from 80 km/h to 130 km/h. An artist's impression of the station was released in August 2021. On 5 November 2021, the

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announced that trains would begin stopping at Goornong from 12 December 2021. On 17 July 2022, with the opening of

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, passengers had to start using a valid

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to travel on the Echuca line to get to and from Goornong station.

Platforms and services

Goornong has one platform, and is served by Echuca line trains. Platform 1: * services to

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and

Gallery

File:Goornong Station concept map.png, Concept map of Goornong station, released in July 2020 File:VLocity leaving Goornong — December 2021.jpg, VLocity train leaving Goornong File:Goornong station platform sign — December 2021.jpg, Platform sign at Goornong station

References

External links

* {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Northern=y, state=collapsed Regional railway stations in Victoria (state) Railway stations in Australia opened in 2021 Transport in Bendigo