Warrenheip railway station, Victoria
- Warrenheip railway station, Victoria
VictorianClosedRailwayStation
NAME= Warrenheip
IMAGELINK=VLine VLocity Warrenheip.jpg
CAPTION = V/Line VLocity train passing the junction at Warrenheip
LINE=Serviceton
DISTANCE=107.20 km
PLATFORMS= 1
TRACKS= 2
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=February 1 1873
CLOSED=October 4, 1981
Warrenheip is a closed station located in the town of Warrenheip, on the Serviceton railway line in Victoria, Australia. The Geelong-Ballarat line junctions off at the down end of the former station.
The line though the station opened in 1862, on the double track railway from Geelong to Ballarat.[cite web]
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/geelong
title=Rail Geelong - Geelong Line Guide
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-23] The station opened in 1873, becoming a junction in 1879 when a branch line was built towards Gordon station, the direct line to Melbourne not completed until 1889. [cite web
url=http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/A070-Warrenheip.pdf
title=Warrenheip station
work=Victorian Station Histories
author=Andrew Waugh
publisher=www.vrhistory.com
accessdate=2008-04-23] The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on October 4, 1981 as part of the "New Deal" timetable for country passengers.[cite journal | year = 2006 | month = October | title = 'New Deal' for County Passengers - 25 years on | author = Scott Martin and Chris Banger | journal = Newsrail | publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) | pages = page 319 ] In 1995 the double line from Ballarat to Warrenheip was converted to two parallel and independent lines, and the junction abolished. An unattended crossing loop remains on the line to Geelong. [cite web]
url=http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/rna/north_geelong_to_yelta.pdf
work=V/Line ~ Network Access ~ Information Pack
title=North Geelong to Yelta
publisher=www.vline.com.au
type=PDF
publisher=www.vline.com.au
accessdate=2008-04-23] References
VictorianClosedStations
Line1=Serviceton line
Previous1=Bungaree
Next1=Ballarat East
Line2=Geelong-Ballarat line
Next2=Ballarat East
Previous2=Navigator
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