Tarneit railway station is located on the Deer Park - West Werribee line in Victoria,

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. It serves the western

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suburb of Tarneit, and it opened on 14 June 2015.Tarneit
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, the project of which the station was built as part of, the station was officially opened by Victorian Premier

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, and the

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Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss, with services commencing on 21 June 2015. It quickly became the second-busiest

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station on their network, after

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. 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 and services

Tarneit has two

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s. It is serviced by

Geelong line and selected Warrnambool line services. Platform 1: * services to

* weekend services to Southern Cross Platform 2: * services to Wyndham Vale,

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and

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 an ...

* weekend services to Warrnambool

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates eight bus routes to and from Tarneit station, under contract to

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: *: to Williams Landing station *: to Williams Landing station *: to Williams Landing station *: to Hoppers Crossing station *: to Hoppers Crossing station *: to Werribee station *: to Werribee station *: to Werribee station

References

External links

Rail Geelong gallery
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