North Shore railway station is located on the Warrnambool line in

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. It serves the northern

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suburbs of North Shore and

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, and it opened on 15 April 1895. It was renamed Corio on 27 September 1909, and was renamed North Shore on 1 December 1913.North Shore
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History

Although some references say the station opened on 15 April 1895, an 1857 map shows a station named Cowies Creek on the current site, which by the 1880s, was called North Shore. The

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at the station was protected by hand-operated gates for a number of years up until the mid-1890s, when the gatekeeper was withdrawn as an economy measure. The gatekeeper's cottage was retained as a residence for other railway employees. In 1909, the station was briefly renamed Corio, reverting back to North Shore in 1913.Lara, Corio, North Shore
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and

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. In 1930, the Minister for Railways announced that the station's name would change to Pivot, but the name changed never proceeded. In 1939, flashing light signals were provided at the Station Street level crossing, located nearby in the Down direction of the station, with boom barriers provided later on in 1984. In the early 1950s, the station was reduced to being staffed by a caretaker, responsible to the stationmaster at Corio. In February 1959, the former single line was duplicated from

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to Corio, and North Shore was re-built as an

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, 200 metres to the north of the old station. The previous group of standard country railway buildings was replaced by a small wooden office and waiting room. After being damaged by fire in 1990, the building was replaced by two metal bus shelters. In 1995, the

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was built to the west of the station, and is primarily used by freight trains to and from

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. In May 1999, a short platform was provided for ''

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'' passenger service. A kilometre south of North Shore, the North Geelong Loop, first opened in 1903, connects the Melbourne – Geelong and Geelong – Ballarat lines.

Platforms and services

North Shore has one

with two faces and one

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. It is serviced by

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Geelong line and selected Warrnambool line services on

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, and

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'' services on

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. Platform 1: * services to

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* weekend services to Southern Cross Platform 2: * services to

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and

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* two weekend services to

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Platform 3: *

services to

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(pick up only) and

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(Southern Cross) (set down only) (two services per week)

Transport links

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operates three routes via North Shore station, under contract to

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: *: to

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Waurn Ponds Campus *: to Geelong station *: Corio Shopping Centre – North Shore23 Corio SC - North Shore Station
Public Transport Victoria

Gallery

File:North Shore Station Platforms 1 and 2.jpg, Northbound view from Platform 1 in January 2015 File:North Shore Station Platform 3.jpg, North-west bound view of Platform 3, on the

, in January 2015

References

External links

Victorian Railway Stations gallery
{{Journey Beyond railway stations, The Overland=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Geelong Railway stations in Australia opened in 1895 Regional railway stations in Victoria (Australia)