Point Cook railway station, Melbourne
- Point Cook railway station, Melbourne
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Point Cook is a proposed railway station on the Werribee railway line in Melbourne, Victoria. The station is to be located west of Palmers Road in Point Cook, with construction requiring the slewing of the existing southern track to make room for the new platform.[ [http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/7475D912FB2103D4CA25725F001109BD?OpenDocument#lynbrook Department of Infrastructure - New metropolitan railway stations] ] ]The station is to include:[ [http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/7475D912FB2103D4CA25725F001109BD?OpenDocument#pointDepartment of Infrastructure - New metropolitan railway stations] ] ]
* a bus interchange
* car park and kiss-and-ride facilities
* island platform between the existing lines
* pedestrian and bicycle access.There is speculation that the station might actually be named "Williams Landing" as the proposed station is intended to service a new residential development of the same name on the site of the disused RAAF Base Laverton airfield. [cite web
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/laverton-air-base-the-newest-suburb/2007/02/28/1172338709347.html
title=Laverton air base the newest suburb
work=The Age
author=Cameron Houston
date=March 1, 2007
publisher=theage.com.au
accessdate=2008-08-18]
The State Government is currently assessing the station's plans and facilities, with an outcome due in 2008, and the station proposed to be built between 2011 and 2016.[ [http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/7475D912FB2103D4CA25725F001109BD?OpenDocument#lynbrook Department of Infrastructure - New metropolitan railway stations] ] ]References
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