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Drouin railway station

Drouin
PTV regional rail station
Westbound view of station building and Platform 1, March 2015
General information
Location	Francis Avenue, Drouin, Victoria 3818 Shire of Baw Baw Australia
Coordinates	38°08′09″S 145°51′19″E / 38.1359°S 145.8553°E / -38.1359; 145.8553
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Gippsland
Distance	92.22 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, staffed part-time
Station code	DRO
Fare zone	Myki Zone 6
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 March 1878; 146 years ago (1878-03-01)
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station Longwarry towards Southern Cross Gippsland line Warragul towards TraralgonorBairnsdale Garfield towards Southern Cross Gippsland line Bairnsdale express Warragul towards Bairnsdale
Location Drouin Location within Victoria

Drouin railway station is located in Drouin, Victoria along the Gippsland railway line. It opened on 1 March 1878.^[1]

Drouin opened on 1 March 1878, when the line was extended from BunyiptoMoe. 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]

In 2006, the station building underwent a refurbishment.^[5] During this time, it received Viclink purple station signage, the first station on the regional rail network to receive this signage.^[6]

Drouin has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.^[7]

Platform 1:

•  Gippsland line  services to Southern Cross in the morning and early afternoon
•  Gippsland line  services to Traralgon and Bairnsdale in the late afternoon and evening

Platform 2:

•  Gippsland line  services to Traralgon and Bairnsdale in the morning and early afternoon
•  Gippsland line  services to Southern Cross in the late afternoon and evening

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

•  85 : to Warragul station^[8]
•  86 : to Drouin North^[9]
• Garfield station – Traralgon Plaza^[10]
• Traralgon station – Drouin North^[11]

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