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Power Station and Oil Lines
Junction
Line: Melbourne - Geelong - Warrnambool
Junction with: Power Station and Oil Lines
Distance from Melbourne: 9.230 km
Track Diagram: View
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Opened: Monday, 22 December 1913
Line: Melbourne - Geelong - Warrnambool
Junction with: Power Station and Oil Lines
Distance from Melbourne: 9.230 km
Track Diagram: View
Google Maps: Satellite / Map
Opened: Monday, 22 December 1913
The Power Station and Oil Lines branches from the main line here at Spotswood. The connection was opened in 1914 and closed by the 1980s when the last of the various sidings had closed. The tracks remain today between Spotwdood station and Hall Street, but the main line connection has been removed.
Events
| Monday, 22 December 1913 | Opened |
Line Opened
| 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
| (Wednesday, 19 January 1887) | Line duplicated Spotswood to Newport |
Photos
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Aerial Photos
1945 photo map of Melbourne, produced by the Victorian Department of Lands and Survey, now accessable via the University of Melbourne:

Sources
- Electric Railways of Victoria - S.E. Doorman and R.G. Henderson
- Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
- http://www.vrhistory.com/ - Andrew Waugh
- Rails to Williamstown - Marc Fiddian - page 35
- Vicrail Report - Distribution of petroleum products in Victoria
- VR General Appendix 1953
- VR General Appendix 1979
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