Woodend railway station, Victoria

Woodend railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Woodend, and opened on 8 July 1861.

At the time of opening it was the terminus of the railway line after being extended from Sunbury. It remained the terminus until it was extended to Kyneton the next year

In December 1897, the original station building was destroyed by fire.

In 1960, a crossover at the up end of the station was abolished.

The station once had extra sidings on the far side of Platform 2, as well as a turntable. The sidings were abolished in February 1990, and the turntable was relocated to Castlemaine in the early 1990s, for use by the Victorian Goldfields Railway.

In March 1995, the signal box was abolished, and was replaced with a signal bay within the Platform 1 station building. A crossover at the down end of the station and the turntable road were also abolished by March of that year. On 17 January 2005, the signal bay itself was abolished.

The original stationmaster's house still stands. It was built in 1897 and, at the time, the stationmaster was able to see along the track from the doorways.

The disused Carlsruhe station is located between Woodend and Kyneton stations.

Platforms and services
Woodend has two side platforms and is served by V/Line Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line trains.

During the morning peak, trains to Melbourne depart from Platform 2, and trains to Bendigo depart from Platform 1. That is reversed after 8:30am, to allow trains travelling in the "peak" direction to use the one 160 km/h track, upgraded in 2006 as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.

Platform 1:
 * services to Kyneton, Bendigo, Epsom, Eaglehawk and Southern Cross
 * services to Echuca and Southern Cross
 * services to Swan Hill and Southern Cross

Platform 2:
 * services to Kyneton, Bendigo, Epsom, Eaglehawk and Southern Cross
 * services to Echuca and Southern Cross
 * services to Swan Hill and Southern Cross

Transport links
Dysons operates one bus route via Woodend station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

V/Line operates a bus service to and from Daylesford to Woodend Station so commuters from Daylesford and intermediate towns including Lyonville, Trentham and Tylden are able to get access to Victoria's train network.


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