Warragul railway station is located on the
Gippsland line in
Victoria,
Australia
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. It serves the town of
Warragul
Warragul is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of 19,8 ...
, and it opened on 1 March 1878 as Warrigal. It was renamed Warragul on 1 May 1879.
It was the junction station for the
branch line
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Industrial spur
An industr ...
to
Neerim South and
Noojee, which closed in 1958.
The line between
Pakenham and Warragul was duplicated in various stages between 1952 and 1956, and was
electrified in 1954.
[ Two years earlier, in 1952, the line to ]Yarragon
Yarragon is a town in the Shire of Baw Baw in the West Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and the main Gippsland Railway line approximately halfway between the major towns of Warra ...
was duplicated, and in 1955, electrification was extended to Moe.[
Starting from 15 February 1987,][ the station was the terminus of a number of The Met/ PTC electric passenger services from Flinders Street. The line was de-electrified beyond Warragul on 28 June 1987,]points
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, signals and levers. Also during 1988, the double line block system between Warragul and Yarragon was abolished,[ both replaced by a signal panel in the station building.][
The tracks in the former ]yard
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are now used as storage for concrete sleepers, old and new signals, and rail machines. Tracks on the northern side of the station were moved slightly, to reduce the radius of curves, and allow trains to travel at higher speed.
On 28 April 2006, the signal panel within the station building was abolished.footbridge
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next to the Alfred Street overpass
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and a new road underpass
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at Normanby Place, located at the eastern end of the station.[
]
Platforms and services
Warragul has one island platform
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with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line
V/Line is a statutory authority that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on five commuter lines and eight long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cross ...
Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.
Platform 1:
* services to Southern Cross
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in the morning and early afternoon
* services to Traralgon and Bairnsdale in the late afternoon and evening
Platform 2:
* services to Traralgon and Bairnsdale in the morning and early afternoon
* services to Southern Cross
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in the late afternoon and evening
Transport links
Warragul Bus Lines operates eight routes via Warragul station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria
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:
*: to Warragul South
*: to Warragul North
*: to Warragul North
*: to Warragul East
*: to Drouin station
*: to Noojee
* Garfield station – Traralgon Plaza
* Traralgon station – Drouin NorthTraralgon Station to Drouin North via TAFE Gippsland
Public Transport Victoria
Gallery
Image:Double headed coal train passing westbound through Warragul station ~1920.jpg, Eastbound view circa 1920
References
External links
Melway map
{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Eastern=y, state=collapsed
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1878
Regional railway stations in Victoria (Australia)
Victorian Heritage Register
Transport in Gippsland (region)
Shire of Baw Baw
Listed railway stations in Australia