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1043:
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986:
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271:. Also at that time, the seven-kilometre section of double track from Ballarat to Warrenheip was converted to two parallel and independent lines, one running to Geelong and one to Melbourne, with the junction at Warrenheip being abolished. In 2008 track upgrading work commenced on the line as part of the rail freight improvements to the
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as the engineer. Bell surveyed and designed the line, and lithographed plans were made available with the prospectus. Because private railway companies were unable to raise the necessary capital in London, the
Victorian colonial government took over the construction of trunk railway lines to Ballarat
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used to operate them fell into disrepair, and a replacement bus service was introduced. Passenger trains from
Ballarat and beyond continued to use the Geelong–Ballarat line as an alternate route to Melbourne until the 1990s, but did not stop at any stations along the line.
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laws, concluded that returning rail passenger services to the line was not viable due to the high cost. Despite a push in
November 2013 to re-open these railway sections for passenger traffic, nothing ended up happening, with the line remaining freight-only.
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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the
Geelong-Ballarat railway, a special train ran from Geelong to Ballarat and return on Tuesday 10 April 2012, and further celebrations were held during the following weekend, on the 14 & 15 April.
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1490:
248:. Single-tracking of the Geelong to Ballarat line commenced in 1892, but the majority remained double-tracked until 1934, when the 53-kilometre section from Bannockburn to Warrenheip was singled. In 1913 the
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The prospectus for the £1,000,000 "Geelong, Ballaarat and North
Western Railway Company" (the different spelling "Ballaarat" persisted until the early 1990s) was advertised in January 1854 with the
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from there. Unattended crossing loops exist at
Gheringhap and Warrenheip. Meredith can be used to cross trains if the signal box is attended. Lal Lal has a crossing loop that is not used.
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station buildings at all of the initial stations, a number of bluestone bridges for roads that crossed the line, and the substantial 1,450-foot (440 m) Moorabool
Viaduct over the
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275:. Improvements included installing gauge-convertible sleepers, the dual-gauging of level crossings, and drainage and ballast renewal. Upgrade work was completed in 2009.
1701:
1944:
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government, elected in
November 2010, instituted a study into reintroducing passenger services on the line. The so-called "Rail Revival Study", obtained by the
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2010:
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876:
1909:
1954:
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1834:
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2152:
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709:
213:
Construction work on the
Geelong – Ballarat railway began in 1858 under the supervision of the Victorian Railways engineer
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547:
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2157:
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was opened in 1857, agitation soon started in
Ballarat for a railway link to serve the rapidly growing gold mining area.
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and Bendigo. Bell's plans were used as the basis for the current railway alignment by the engineer-in-chief of the
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1989:
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2015:
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1929:
1864:
1769:
1299:
1226:
283:
151:
135:
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2421:
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2111:
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1759:
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155:
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217:, and the official opening occurred on 10 April 1862. The line was built to a high standard, with
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2005:
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1518:"Too costly to get trains back on track between Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo, study shows"
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229:. The line remained the only rail route from Ballarat to Melbourne until 1889, when the
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1217:"Blue Bridge (Rail), Mount Doran Egerton Rd, Elaine, VIC, Australia (Place ID 3945)"
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on the 13.5 km dual gauge section between North Geelong and Gheringhap, and
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1491:"Rail Revival Study: Geelong – Ballarat – Bendigo investigations underway"
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In 1995, the track between North Geelong and Gheringhap was converted to
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In 1978, passenger services on the line were withdrawn when the
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Recipients of Engineers Australia engineering heritage markers
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train at the junction with the Melbourne-Ballarat line at
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The line received an Engineering Heritage Marker from
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Rail Geelong: Photos of infrastructure along the line
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was opened, junctioning with the line at Gheringhap.
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1998:
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Gheringhap Loop – Lineside overview and Photographs
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62:
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33:
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23:
170:. Major traffic includes general freight from the
236:The Geelong to Ballarat line connected with the
1630:Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin
1543:"Residents Revive Push for regional rail link"
1695:
1655:Railpage _ Gheringhap Loop Sightings Database
8:
1273:"Ballarat Australia History – Rail Heritage"
267:as part of the gauge standardisation of the
523:Melbourne-Geelong railway towards Melbourne
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1824:
1813:
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1665:Railpage – Gheringhap Loop Railcam Project
1572:V/Line ~ Network Access ~ Information Pack
1311:– via National Library of Australia.
400:
282:As part of its election policy, the state
186:Now privately occupied Bannockburn station
2780:Freight railway lines in Victoria (state)
1197:Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
2810:Transport in Barwon South West (region)
1320:
1318:
1303:. Melbourne. 25 January 1854. p. 6
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1429:
1427:
1425:
1348:"VICSIG – Infrastructure – Inverleigh"
20:
2795:5 ft 3 in gauge railways in Australia
2638:Major pieces of shared infrastructure
1545:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
7:
1601:"Geelong to Ballarat Railway, 1862-"
1245:
1243:
1999:Western & Southwestern District
1371:"Geelong – Ballarat (1990) (1925K)"
1251:"Rail Geelong – Geelong Line Guide"
350:Running through forest near Lal Lal
342:-operated grain train near Meredith
1574:. www.vline.com.au. Archived from
1469:"Geelong - Ballarat Railway 150th"
142:, Australia between the cities of
14:
192:railway from Melbourne to Geelong
2790:1862 establishments in Australia
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1711:
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1141:
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1091:
1066:
1041:
1034:
1009:
984:
961:
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888:
863:
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792:
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309:Crossing plains near Bannockburn
16:Broad-gauge railway in Australia
2136:Northern & Midland District
1945:South Kensington–West Footscray
1670:Vicsig.net – Yelta line diagram
1439:Department of Transport website
647:
617:
560:
320:road overbridge near Lethbridge
2694:Daylesford Spa Country Railway
1516:Harris, Amelia (2 June 2013).
1445:. 2 April 2011. Archived from
1435:"Mildura Rail Freight Upgrade"
1042:
1035:
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513:
506:
472:
424:
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410:
1:
1648:Geelong–Ballarat railway line
1626:The Lal Lal Racecourse Branch
1142:
640:
150:. Towns on the route include
132:Geelong–Ballarat railway line
2785:Railway lines opened in 1862
2709:Victorian Goldfields Railway
1222:Australian Heritage Database
1092:
1067:
1010:
985:
912:
889:
841:
818:
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592:
2714:Walhalla Goldfields Railway
1408:Victorian Station Histories
1378:Victorian Station Histories
1117:
962:
937:
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449:
370:centralised traffic control
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2471:inc Ararat and Maryborough
2018:(Hamilton to East Natimuk)
1053:Melbourne-Ballarat railway
384:Geelong – Ballarat railway
269:Melbourne–Adelaide railway
2751:
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2666:
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2526:
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2443:
2349:Narrow gauge branch lines
1823:
1812:
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1724:
1718:Railway lines in Victoria
1275:. www.ballarathistory.org
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996:
978:
973:
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930:
923:
905:
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857:
852:
834:
829:
811:
804:
786:
781:
763:
756:
738:
733:
715:
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690:
683:
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655:
633:
628:
610:
603:
585:
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553:
546:
528:
521:
499:
490:
465:
460:
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435:Melbourne-Geelong railway
432:
403:
45:Lal Lal racecourse branch
2503:Traralgon and Bairnsdale
2481:inc Echuca and Swan Hill
1565:"North Geelong to Yelta"
2735:South Gippsland Railway
2650:Flinders Street Viaduct
1850:Deer Park–West Werribee
1443:Department of Transport
734:Lethbridge Block Point
461:North Geelong Junction
250:Gheringhap–Maroona line
77:153 hp Walker railmotor
2533:Metro Trains Melbourne
2197:North Eastern District
1795:Western standard gauge
658:Western standard gauge
578:Western standard gauge
365:
351:
343:
332:
321:
310:
294:Freedom of Information
257:153hp Walker railmotor
227:river of the same name
187:
2800:Transport in Ballarat
2704:Puffing Billy Railway
2569:Flemington Racecourse
1855:Flemington Racecourse
1828:Metropolitan District
1650:at Wikimedia Commons
1603:. Engineers Australia
1473:railgallery.wongm.com
1253:. www.railgeelong.com
1227:Australian Government
493:Fyansford branch line
357:
349:
338:
327:
316:
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242:North Geelong station
231:Melbourne to Ballarat
221:provided throughout,
185:
2719:Yarra Valley Railway
1955:Spring Vale Cemetery
1628:, Gavan Duffy, C.D.
1401:"Warrenheip station"
1187:Engineering heritage
974:Lal Lal Block Point
2761:Victoria portal
2407:Eaglehawk–Inglewood
2395:Cross country lines
2011:Ballarat–Daylesford
1410:. www.vrhistory.com
1380:. www.vrhistory.com
1193:Engineers Australia
374:Train Order Working
138:railway in western
2699:Mornington Railway
2067:Gheringhap–Maroona
1799:Melbourne–Adelaide
1449:on 7 November 2009
1153:Serviceton railway
629:Moorabool Viaduct
366:
363:Warrenheip station
352:
344:
333:
322:
311:
292:in mid-2013 using
246:Warrenheip station
204:Victorian Railways
188:
67:Victorian Railways
42:Former connections
24:Geelong – Ballarat
2767:
2766:
2747:
2746:
2743:
2742:
2689:Bellarine Railway
2662:
2661:
2658:
2657:
2522:
2521:
2439:
2438:
2435:
2434:
1808:
1807:
1646:Media related to
1479:on 12 April 2013.
1184:
1183:
1180:
1179:
1055:towards Melbourne
580:towards Melbourne
331:and crossing loop
208:George Darbyshire
128:
127:
2817:
2759:
2758:
2757:
2679:
2672:Tourist railways
2668:
2542:
2528:
2445:
2412:Geelong–Ballarat
2278:Eastern District
1965:St Kilda–Windsor
1935:Rosstown Railway
1910:Newport–Sunshine
1825:
1814:
1726:
1716:
1715:
1704:
1697:
1690:
1681:
1645:
1613:
1612:
1610:
1608:
1597:
1591:
1590:
1588:
1586:
1580:
1569:
1561:
1555:
1554:
1552:
1550:
1539:
1533:
1532:
1530:
1528:
1513:
1507:
1506:
1504:
1502:
1497:on 25 March 2012
1493:. Archived from
1487:
1481:
1480:
1475:. Archived from
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1459:
1458:
1456:
1454:
1431:
1420:
1419:
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1405:
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1357:
1355:
1350:. www.vicsig.net
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1335:
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1328:. www.vicsig.net
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1312:
1310:
1308:
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1263:
1262:
1260:
1258:
1247:
1238:
1237:
1235:
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1213:
1145:
1144:
1120:
1119:
1095:
1094:
1070:
1069:
1045:
1044:
1038:
1037:
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1012:
988:
987:
965:
964:
940:
939:
915:
914:
892:
891:
867:
866:
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843:
821:
820:
796:
795:
773:
772:
748:
747:
725:
724:
700:
699:
675:
674:
660:towards Adelaide
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649:
643:
642:
620:
619:
595:
594:
570:
569:
563:
562:
538:
537:
516:
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508:
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481:
475:
474:
452:
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401:
379:
329:Meredith station
110:Number of tracks
21:
2825:
2824:
2820:
2819:
2818:
2816:
2815:
2814:
2770:
2769:
2768:
2763:
2755:
2753:
2739:
2723:
2673:
2654:
2633:
2536:
2518:
2453:
2431:
2427:Toolamba–Echuca
2390:
2381:Welshpool Jetty
2344:
2273:
2192:
2131:
2072:Hamilton–Koroit
1994:
1819:
1804:
1785:South Gippsland
1731:
1720:
1710:
1708:
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1622:
1620:Further reading
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1581:on 21 July 2008
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1423:
1413:
1411:
1403:
1399:Waugh, Andrew.
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1381:
1373:
1369:Waugh, Andrew.
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1256:
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1249:
1248:
1241:
1231:
1229:
1215:
1214:
1210:
1205:
1195:as part of its
1189:
1160:
1157:Mildura railway
1146:
1126:
1121:
1101:
1096:
1076:
1071:
1056:
1046:
1039:
1019:
1014:
994:
989:
971:
966:
946:
941:
921:
916:
898:
893:
873:
868:
850:
845:
827:
822:
802:
797:
779:
774:
754:
749:
731:
726:
706:
701:
681:
676:
661:
651:
644:
626:
621:
601:
596:
581:
571:
564:
548:North Geelong C
544:
539:
524:
517:
510:
495:
488:
483:
476:
458:
453:
438:
437:towards Geelong
428:
421:
414:
395:
386:
385:
303:
238:Geelong railway
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117:
17:
12:
11:
5:
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2545:
2538:
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2514:
2513:inc Shepparton
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2272:
2271:
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2256:
2251:
2249:Peechelba East
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2226:
2221:
2216:
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2200:
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2194:
2193:
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2190:
2188:Stony Crossing
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2155:
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2145:
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2124:
2119:
2114:
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2104:
2099:
2094:
2089:
2084:
2079:
2074:
2069:
2064:
2059:
2054:
2049:
2044:
2042:Colac–Ballarat
2039:
2034:
2029:
2024:
2019:
2013:
2008:
2002:
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1920:Port Melbourne
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877:Meredith
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340:El Zorro
160:Meredith
148:Ballarat
140:Victoria
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2487:Geelong
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178:History
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393:Legend
164:Elaine
63:System
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