Geelong Freightgate
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Line: Geelong
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Opened: Tuesday, 5 June 1990
The Geelong Freightgate opened at North Geelong Yard in 1990 after the closure of the goods shed at Geelong station, to make room for the new police station and law courts. It occupied the siding formerly used by the Geelong Gas Company.
In later years the shed was occupied by Wettenhauls Transport who received louvred vans loaded with beer kegs. In 2008 the company moved into one of the warehouses at the Elders IXL Siding in Lara, after PN ended their fasttrack freight service in 2007.
Events
Line Opened
| Saturday, 1 November 1856 |
Line opened Lara to Geelong |
| Thursday, 25 June 1857 |
Line officially opened between Geelong and at temporary terminus at Greenwich. A ferry was used the complete the journey to Melbourne |
| Saturday, 3 October 1857 |
Temporary Greenwich terminal and stub line closed. Geelong line now connected to the partially completed Williamstown line. A ferry complete the journey from Williamstown to Melbourne |
| Monday, 17 January 1859 |
Williamstown line finally completed to Melbourne. Geelong trains can now operate direct to Spencer Street Station |
Track Amplified
| Saturday, 11 April 1863 |
Line duplicated North Geelong Junction to Geelong - due to construction of line to Ballarat |
| Sunday, 30 April 1922 |
Line duplicated North Geelong A to North Geelong B |
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