Drouin railway station

Drouin railway station is located on the Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Drouin, and it opened on 1 March 1878.[1]

Drouin
PTV regional rail station
Westbound view in March 2015
General information
LocationFrancis Avenue,
Drouin, Victoria 3818
Shire of Baw Baw
Australia
Coordinates38°08′09″S 145°51′19″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)Gippsland
Distance92.22 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Staffed Part-Time
Station codeDRO
Fare zoneMyki Zone 6
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 March 1878 (1878-03-01)
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Garfield
towards Southern Cross
 Bairnsdale line Warragul
towards Bairnsdale
Longwarry
towards Southern Cross
 Traralgon line Warragul
towards Traralgon

History

Drouin opened on 1 March 1878, when the line was extended from Bunyip to Moe. The station, like the township itself, was supposedly named after a Frenchman invented a chlorination process for the extraction of gold and metals from ore,[2] or an Aboriginal word meaning 'north wind'.[3]

In 1950, the line to Warragul was duplicated, and in 1952, duplication of the line to Longwarry occurred.[1] The present island platform was provided in 1958.[1]

The signal box at Drouin closed in February 1988, with the block post abolished, all fixed signals covered and lights extinguished. The interlocked signal frame was also abolished.[4] By October 1989, all former sidings and crossovers, and the associated overhead wire, were abolished, effectively leaving Drouin as a "through" station.[1]

Platforms and services

Drouin has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Warragul Bus Lines operates four routes via Drouin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. Drouin Vicsig
  2. "Drouin". Victorian Places. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. "Drouin". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1988. p. 155.
  5. Traralgon - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. 85 Warragul Station - Drouin Station via Drouin South Public Transport Victoria
  7. 86 Drouin Station - Drouin North via McNeilly Rd Public Transport Victoria
  8. Garfield Station to Traralgon Plaza Public Transport Victoria
  9. Traralgon Station to Drouin North via TAFE Gippsland Public Transport Victoria
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