Drouin railway station
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Drouin railway station is a regional railway station on the Gippsland line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Drouin, in Victoria, Australia. Drouin station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 1 March 1878.<ref name="VicsigDrouin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
Drouin opened on 1 March 1878, when the line was extended from Bunyip to Moe. The station, like the township itself, was supposedly named after a Frenchman invented a chlorination process for the extraction of gold and metals from ore,<ref name="VictorianPlacesDrouin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> or an Aboriginal word meaning 'north wind'.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1950, the line to Warragul was duplicated, and in 1952, duplication of the line to Longwarry occurred.<ref name=VicsigDrouin/> The present island platform was provided in 1958.<ref name=VicsigDrouin/>
The signal box at Drouin closed in February 1988, with the block post abolished, all fixed signals covered and lights extinguished. The interlocked signal frame was also abolished.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> By October 1989, all former sidings and crossovers, and the associated overhead wire, were abolished, effectively leaving Drouin as a "through" station.<ref name=VicsigDrouin/>
In 2006, the station building underwent a refurbishment.<ref name="newsrailfeb07">Template:Cite magazine</ref> During this time, it received Viclink purple station signage, the first station on the regional rail network to receive this signage.<ref name="newsrailapr07">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Platforms and services
Drouin has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.<ref>Traralgon - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria</ref>
| colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Drouin platform arrangement | ||||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Service Type | Notes |
| 1 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Southern Cross | All stations and limited express services | |
| 2 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Traralgon, Bairnsdale | All stations and limited express services |
Transport links
Warragul Bus Lines operates four routes via Drouin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- Template:Color box: to Warragul station<ref>85 Warragul Station - Drouin Station via Drouin South Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Drouin North<ref>86 Drouin Station - Drouin North via McNeilly Rd Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Garfield station – Traralgon Plaza<ref>Garfield Station to Traralgon Plaza Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Traralgon station – Drouin North<ref>Traralgon Station to Drouin North via TAFE Gippsland Public Transport Victoria</ref>