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Wendouree
Wendouree railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-western Ballarat suburb of Wendouree, and opened on 12 June 2009.
History
The original Wendouree station opened on 9 December 1901 as Ballarat Gardens, and was renamed Wendouree on 1 August 1905. It was located just west of the Forest Street level crossing, 750 metres east of the present station, and was closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the New Deal for Country Passengers timetable. Prior to its closure, the only train timetabled to stop at Wendouree was a Horsham service on Sundays.
In 1992, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Gillies Street level crossing, in the up direction from the present station.
At Gillies Street, near the site of the current station, there was a 19th-century signal box, which controlled the Ballarat Cattle Yards junction. After falling into disrepair, the Public Transport Corporation was approached by Kim Lynden, who successfully tendered to move the building to Blampied in 1998, where it is used as a bed and breakfast facility.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendouree_railway_station