Warragul railway station
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Warragul railway station is a regional railway station on the Gippsland line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Warragul, in Victoria, Australia. Warragul station is a ground level premium station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 1 March 1878, with the current station provided in 2015.<ref name="vicsig">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="VRHistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Initially opened as Warrigal, the station was given its current name of Warragul on 1 May 1879.<ref name="vicsig">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="VRHistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
The line between Pakenham and Warragul was duplicated in various stages between 1952 and 1956, and was electrified in 1954.<ref name=vicsig/> Two years earlier, in 1952, the line to Yarragon was duplicated, and in 1955, electrification was extended to Moe.<ref name=vicsig/><ref name=VRHistory/>
It was the junction station for the branch line to Neerim South and Noojee, which closed in 1958.Template:Cn
Starting from 15 February 1987,<ref name="newsrail">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and lasting until December 1998,<ref name=vicsig/> 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,<ref name="newsrailsep87">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the overhead support structures were removed in 2005/2006, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.
The former "A" siding was abolished in 1988, along with alterations to the points, signals and levers.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Also during 1988, the double line block system between Warragul and Yarragon was abolished,<ref name="nov88newsrail">Template:Cite magazine</ref> with automatic three position signalling introduced. This introduction also resulted in the abolition of signal boxes "A" and "B",<ref name=nov88newsrail/> both replaced by a signal panel in the station building.<ref name=vicsig/>
The tracks in the former yard 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.<ref name="SignalPanel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The station itself was upgraded in 2015.<ref name=precinct>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It included a new car park and a bus interchange, a new footbridge next to the Alfred Street overpass and a new road underpass at Normanby Place, located at the eastern end of the station.<ref name=precinct/>
Platforms and services
Warragul 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><ref>Bairnsdale - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria</ref>
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Service Type | Notes |
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Southern Cross | All stations and limited express services | |
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Traralgon, Bairnsdale | All stations and limited express services |
Transport links
Warragul Bus Lines operates eight routes via Warragul station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- Template:Color box: to Warragul South<ref>80 Warragul Station - Warragul South via West Gippsland Hospital Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Warragul North<ref>81 Warragul Station - Warragul North via Latrobe St Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Warragul North<ref>82 Warragul Station - Warragul North via Stoddarts Rd Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Warragul East<ref>83 Warragul Station - Warragul East via Copelands Rd Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Drouin station<ref>85 Warragul Station - Drouin Station via Drouin South Public Transport Victoria</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Noojee<ref>89 Warragul Station - Noojee via Main Neerim Rd & Brandy Creek 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>
Gallery
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Eastbound view with a Flinders Street bound Steam locomotive, Template:Circa
