Werribee Racecourse railway station, Melbourne

Werribee Racecourse railway station, Melbourne

VictorianClosedRailwayStation
NAME= Werribee Racecourse


LINE=Warrnambool
DISTANCE=33.72 km
PLATFORMS= 1
TRACKS= 3
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=
CLOSED=1995

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Werribee Racecourse is a disused station located between Werribee and Little River stations in Werribee, south-west Melbourne, Australia. The station was to serve the nearby Werribee Racecourse.cite web | title = Werribee Racecourse Station | work = Rail Geelong | publisher = Marcus Wong | url = http://www.railgeelong.com/location/werribee-racecourse | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-01-22 ]

Werribee Racecourse station was originally to be part of the electrified system when overhead lines were extended to Werribee in the 1980s – the overhead stanchions were built as far as the station along one track but they were never wired,cite web | title = Werribee Racecourse | work = Victorian Railway Stations | publisher = Ross Thomson | url = http://www.vicrailstations.com/Port_Fairy/Werribee_Racecourse/Werribee_Racecourse.html | format = HTML | accessdate = 2007-09-04 ] because the safeworking system used on the line does not permit the termination and reversal of a train once inside the section, the signals preventing an electric train from returning to Werribee.

The station has been unused since 1995 when the Western standard gauge line was built, making it impossible to access the station without crossing the standard gauge track. There have been calls to extend the overhead to the station to the serve the growing areas west of Werribee.Fact|date=September 2007

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