Bunyip railway station is a

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way station on the Gippsland line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of

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, in Victoria, Australia. Bunyip station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 October 1877, with the current station provided in 2024. A

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and a short section of the overhead wiring, both of which are listed on the

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, have been retained to the west of the station. Bunyip station 2023

History

The line through Bunyip was

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in July 1954, but the electrification was switched off between Bunyip and

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 ...

in December 1998, and between Pakenham and Bunyip in 2005, as part of the

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. The track up to the western ( up) end of the station was duplicated in 1956. On 26 August 1988, the electric staff system between Bunyip and Longwarry was abolished, and was replaced with automatic three-position signalling. The

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, and all two-position

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, were also abolished. The station was de-staffed on 26 May 1991. In 2022, as part of the

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, the former goods and stock platform and crane were removed to make way for duplicated track and a new second platform. The

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for the goods platform was removed in April 1988. In April 2017, the

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announced an upgrade project to the Gippsland line as part of the

Regional Rail Revival The Regional Rail Revival is a joint initiative between the Australian federal government and the Victorian state government to upgrade all regional railway lines in Victoria. The project has an estimated total cost of . of the project's tota ...

package. A second platform would be constructed at Bunyip, along with duplicated track from Bunyip to Longwarry. However, it was reported in May 2022, that track would not be duplicated over the

Bunyip River The Bunyip River is a perennial river of the Western Port catchment, located in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Bunyip River rises below Mount Beenak, part of the southern portion of the ...

. The new platform, renumbered to Platform 1, opened on 13 June 2024. The original platform was renumbered to Platform 2.

Platforms and services

Bunyip has two platforms both served by

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Traralgon Traralgon ( , ) is a city located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia and the most populous city in the City of Latrobe and the region. The urban population of Traralgon at the ...

and selected

Bairnsdale Bairnsdale (locally ) (Gunai language, Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, situated in a region traditionally inhabited by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated popu ...

line trains. Platform 1: * services to

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Platform 2: * services to

and

Transport links

Warragul Bus Lines operates one route via Bunyip station, under contract to

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: * Garfield station – Traralgon PlazaGarfield Station to Traralgon Plaza
Public Transport Victoria

References

External links

Melway map
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