The brand-new Goornong Station is officially open, giving passengers access to more reliable and faster journeys.
The station is now running 18 weekly services – with two daily services on weekdays and four daily services on weekends.
The new station is the first of three new stations as part of the $49.6 million , giving people in growing communities access to trains close to where they live.
It includes a new single-sided platform, seating and shelter, bike hoops, a car park with lighting and CCTV, as well as a pedestrian crossing on the Midland Highway to improve local access.
Trains can now also travel from 80km/h up to 130km/h between Epsom and the new Goornong Station, following the completion of track upgrades to enable people to get where they need to go sooner.
The works saw crews replace more than 20,000 ageing wooden sleepers with concrete sleepers and add more than 50,000 tonnes of new ballast along the track.
Finishing touches on the station were completed last month, including the installation of platform access stairs for maintenance needs, and site clean-up works.
Works on the continue, with the delivery of Huntly station targeted for completion in mid-2022, and Raywood Station to follow late next year.
Design and development of the new electronic train order (ETO) system is also progressing, as part of Bendigo and Echuca Line Upgrade. The ETO system will allow additional weekday return services to both Eaglehawk and Epsom and triple the number of weekday services to and from Echuca when the project is completed.
The is part of the Australian and Victorian governments’ investment of more than $4 billion to upgrade every regional passenger rail line in Victoria.
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