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

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. It serves the western

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suburb of

Tarneit Tarneit () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. ...

, 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 Daniel Andrews, and the

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Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development,

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, 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

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, 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

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and

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* weekend services to

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Transport links

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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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