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Waurn Ponds station is the current terminus of the V/Line Geelong line service. Located on the north side of the existing Geelong-Warrnambool rail line, between Oakwood Crescent and Rossack Drive, the station was initially to be named Grovedale, but was renamed Waurn Ponds before opening.

In April 2013 the State Government announced that a new Waurn Ponds station would be built to serve the nearby suburbs of Grovedale and Armstrong Creek. The station was costed at $25.9 million - $9.4 million for planning and land acquisition, and $16.5 million to build a single platform with passenger amenities, V/Line booking office and toilets, on road bus bays, bicycle storage and parking for 200 cars.

Contracts for the construction of the station were awarded in February 2014. In July 2014 the name of the future station was changed to Waurn Ponds, and the size of the planned carpark was increased to 292 spaces, along with overflow parking for a further 100 to 150 vehicles.

Only a single platform is provided at the station, and no passing loop, with terminating trains required to continue empty cars to the Waurn Ponds holding siding a short distance to the west if a second train is required to pass through the single track section.

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Signal mast waiting to be commissioned, for down trains at Surf Coast Highway bound for Waurn Ponds April 22, 2022	Automatic pedestrian gates at the Surf Coast Highway level crossing April 22, 2022	Down end of the future loop road waiting to be commissioned April 22, 2022
Second track in place across the Ghazeepore Road level crossing December 25, 2021	Second track in place across the Ghazeepore Road pedestrian crossing December 25, 2021	Second track in place across the Ghazeepore Road level crossing December 25, 2021
Second track, platform and pedestrian bridge in place but yet to be comissioned December 25, 2021	'Muir Road closure' notice at Ghazeepore Road December 25, 2021	Signal WPD6 cleared for a down train December 25, 2021

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Related Locations

• Waurn Ponds stabling yard
• Waurn Ponds cement siding
• Waurn Ponds holding siding
• Waurn Ponds Creek