Rail Geelong

A station was provided at Werribee Racecourse for the convenience of patrons at the adjacent racecourse. The station consisted of a single platform on the West (usually Melbourne bound) line.

The Wyndham Racing Course was established in 1861, and closed during the 1890s, but reopened in 1912 as the Werribee Racing Club. The railway station was opened by 1890.

In the 1980s stanchions were erected along West Line as far the station as part of the Werribee Electrification works, but it is unknown how far the overhead wires were strung. The ATC safeworking system used on the line permitted the termination and reversal of trains, provided they did not continue past the first automatic signal inside the section.

The last use of the station was in the early 1990s, and the station was closed when the adjacent Standard Gauge line cut off access to the platform.

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Photos

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Looking down the line April 12, 2008	Station sign, you can just see the V/Line orange under the graffiti April 12, 2008	Looking up the line April 12, 2008
From the south Two broad gauge lines in foreground, looking towards Geelong April 12, 2008	Station signs You can just see the V/Line orange under the graffiti April 12, 2008	From the south Two broad gauge lines in foreground, looking towards Melbourne April 12, 2008
From the north Standard gauge line in foreground April 12, 2008	Looking back towards Geelong February 27, 2008	Final electrical stanchion March 4, 2006

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Sources

• http://www.vrhistory.com/ - Andrew Waugh
• Victorian Heritage Register - ref # H7822-0856