Wendouree railway station is located on the Serviceton line in

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. It serves the north-western

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suburb of

Wendouree Wendouree () is a large suburb on the north western rural-urban fringe of the city of Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia. It is the second most populated suburb in the City of Ballarat with a total of 10,376 inhabitants at the . It is named af ...

, and it opened on 12 June 2009.Wendouree
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History

20th century

The original Wendouree station opened on 9 December 1901 as Ballarat Gardens, and was renamed Wendouree on 1 August 1905.st> It was located just west of the Forest Street

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, 750 metres east of the present station, and was closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the ''

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'' timetable. Prior to its closure, the only regular train to stop at Wendouree was a

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service on Sundays. At Gillies Street, near the site of the current station, stood a 19th-century

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, which controlled the Ballarat Cattle Yards

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. After falling into disrepair, the

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was approached by Kim Lynden, who later successfully tendered to move the building to Blampied, becoming a bed and breakfast in 1998. Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Gillies Street

, located in the Up direction of the present station, in 1992.Linton Junction
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21st century

On 8 September 2006, then Victorian Premier

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announced a new station would be built to relieve congestion at Ballarat station, following a passenger boom after the completion of the

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. The station was due for completion in 2008. The name was the subject of a competition, which closed in April 2007. Construction work started in May 2008. The cost of the station and associated works was initially projected to be $11 million, but eventually cost $18.7 million. The station was opened by the former Minister for Public Transport,

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, on 11 June 2009, with services commencing on 14 June 2009. In 2019, as part of the

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project, a second platform was built opposite Platform 1, with a

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, lifts, ramps and stairs connecting the platforms, as well as an upgrade to the station forecourt. A

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was also constructed, to allow trains to arrive into Platform 2.

Platforms and services

Wendouree has two

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s. It is serviced by

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and Ararat line services. Platform 1: * terminating services; services to

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* services to Ararat and Southern Cross Platform 2: * terminating services; services to Southern Cross

Transport links

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operates four routes via Wendouree station, under contract to

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: * : Ballarat station – Alfredton * : to Ballarat station * : to Ballarat station * : to Miners Rest31 Wendouree Station - Miners Rest
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Gallery

File:Wendouree railway station, Victoria.jpg, Station front and entrance in March 2009

References

External links

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