Drouin railway station
Drouin | ||||||||||||||||
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Westbound view of station building and Platform 1, March 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Francis Avenue, Drouin, Victoria 3818 Shire of Baw Baw Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°08′09″S 145°51′19″E / 38.1359°S 145.8553°E | |||||||||||||||
| System | PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Gippsland | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 92.22 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational, staffed part-time | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | DRO | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki Zone 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 March 1878 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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,[2] or an Aboriginal word meaning 'north wind'.[3]
In 1950, the line to Warragul was duplicated, and in 1952, duplication of the line to Longwarry occurred.[1] The present island platform was provided in 1958.[1]
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.[4] By October 1989, all former sidings and crossovers, and the associated overhead wire, were abolished, effectively leaving Drouin as a "through" station.[1]
In 2006, the station building underwent a refurbishment.[5] During this time, it received Viclink purple station signage, the first station on the regional rail network to receive this signage.[6]
Platforms and services
Drouin has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.[7]
| Drouin platform arrangement | ||||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | ||
| 1 | Traralgon line Bairnsdale line |
Southern Cross | ||
| 2 | Traralgon line Bairnsdale line |
Traralgon, Bairnsdale | ||
Transport links
Warragul Bus Lines operates four routes via Drouin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 85 : to Warragul station[8]
- 86 : to Drouin North[9]
- Garfield station – Traralgon Plaza[10]
- Traralgon station – Drouin North[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "Drouin station". Vicsig. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Drouin". Victorian Places. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Drouin". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1988. p. 155.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 2007. p. 60.
- ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 2007. p. 101.
- ^ Traralgon - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ 85 Warragul Station - Drouin Station via Drouin South Public Transport Victoria
- ^ 86 Drouin Station - Drouin North via McNeilly Rd Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Garfield Station to Traralgon Plaza Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Traralgon Station to Drouin North via TAFE Gippsland Public Transport Victoria