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Werribee railway station

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Location
  
Comben Drive, Werribee

Operated by
  
Metro

Connections
  
Bus

Line(s)
  
Port Fairy; Werribee

Passengers (2012)
  
1.068 million 2.7%

Status
  
Premium station

Owned by
  
VicTrack

Platforms
  
3 (1 island, 1 side)

Opened
  
25 June 1857

Parking
  
220

Owner
  
VicTrack

Werribee railway station

Distance
  
31.70 kilometres from Southern Cross

Address
  
Werribee VIC 3030, Australia

Similar
  
Hoppers Crossing railway st, Tarneit railway station, Williams Landing railway st, Wyndham Vale railway st, Pacific Werribee

Werribee railway station is located on the Port Fairy line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the western Melbourne suburb of Werribee. It was opened on 25 June 1857, by the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company, as part of the railway line between the two cities. It also currently serves as the terminus of the suburban electrified Werribee line.

Contents

The Western standard gauge line, which runs between Melbourne and Adelaide, passes to the north of Platform 1.

History

Werribee station was designed by Frederick Kawerau, in partnership with Edward Snell, the engineer for the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company. In May 1927, the station building was heavily damaged by fire. As part of the rebuilding, a new, low-pitched roof was provided, and the surviving bluestone walls were cement rendered. A stone plaque, embossed with "G.&M.R. 1857", was once on the south gable, but was lost after the fire. It has since been found, built into the wall of the Victorian Railways printing works in Laurens Street, North Melbourne.

The line from Newport to Werribee was electrified in November 1983, with the current island platform and underpass also built around the same time. It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1997.

Platforms & services

Werribee has one side platform and one island platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Werribee line services

Until June 2015, V/Line Geelong and Warrnambool line services stopped at Werribee. The Melbourne bound services would use Platform 2, while Geelong bound services would use Platform 3. These services now operate via the Regional Rail Link.

Platform 1:

  • Werribee line: services to Flinders Street
  • Platform 2:

  • Werribee line: services to Flinders Street
  • Platform 3:

  • No booked services
  • Werribee line: services to Flinders Street for limited services.
  • CDC Melbourne operates eleven routes to and from Werribee station:

  • 153: to Williams Landing station via Princes Highway
  • 161: to Hoppers Crossing station via Werribee Plaza Shopping Centre
  • 170: to Tarneit station via Werribee Plaza Shopping Centre
  • 180: to Tarneit station via Tarneit Road
  • 181: to Hoppers Crossing station via Werribee Plaza Shopping Centre
  • 190: to Wyndham Vale station via Ballan Road
  • 191: to Manor Lakes via Greaves Street
  • 192: to Wyndham Vale station via Black Forest Road
  • 439: to Werribee South via Werribee Park Mansion
  • 441: to Westleigh Gardens via Geelong Road
  • 443: to Southern Loop via South Werribee
  • References

    Werribee railway station Wikipedia