Colac railway station is a regional railway station on the Warrnambool line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Colac, in Victoria, Australia. Colac station is a ground level part-time staffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 27 July 1877.[1][2]

History

When Colac station opened, it was the terminus of the line from Birregurra. On 2 July 1883, the extended line to Camperdown was opened.[1][2]

Goods facilities included a brick goods shed, and a steel portal framed shelter was added when the Freightgate centre during the 1980s. During 1988, a number of sidings were removed, including the oil siding at the up end, and No. 6 road.[3] In 2008, the points for the crossing loop were removed.[2]

In December 2010, a siding was provided for the stabling of track maintenance machines.[4]

Colac was the interchange with the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Crowes line, which was opened in the early 1900s to serve the farming and timber-harvesting areas in the Otway Ranges. The line was built in two stages, with the first to Beech Forest opening on 1 March 1902, and the second to Crowes, on 20 June 1911. The line was closed in sections: Ferguson to Crowes on 9 December 1954, followed by a reopening to Weeaproinah on 19 January 1955, and full closure on 30 June 1962.[5]

Platforms and services

Colac has one platform. It is served by V/Line Warrnambool line trains.[6]

Platform 1:

Christian's Bus Company operates three routes via Colac station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  1 : Colac – Elliminyt[7]
  •  2 : Colac – Colac West[8]
  •  3 : Colac – Colac East[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Colac Vicsig
  2. ^ a b c Colac Station Rail Geelong
  3. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1988. p. 253.
  4. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 2011. p. 56.
  5. ^ Norman Houghton. "Colac-Beech Forest-Crowes Railway Conservation Management Plan" (PDF). Colac–Otway Shire. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  6. ^ Warrnambool - Melbourne via Colac Public Transport Victoria
  7. ^ 1 Colac to Elliminyt Public Transport Victoria
  8. ^ 2 Colac to Colac West Public Transport Victoria
  9. ^ 3 Colac to Colac East Public Transport Victoria
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colac_railway_station
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