Ballan railway station, Victoria

Ballan
Station front in December 2008
Location	Atkinson Street, Ballan
Coordinates	37°36′15″S 144°13′31″E / 37.6041°S 144.2254°E / -37.6041; 144.2254Coordinates: 37°36′15″S 144°13′31″E / 37.6041°S 144.2254°E / -37.6041; 144.2254
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Serviceton
Distance	79.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	BLN
Fare zone	Myki zone 4
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	22 December 1886
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Bacchus Marsh toward Southern Cross Serviceton line Ballarat toward Wendouree, Ararat or Maryborough

Ballan railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Ballan opening on 22 December 1886 as the terminus of the line from Ballarat. On 4 December 1889 the line was extended to Bacchus Marsh.

Before this time Ballarat was linked to Melbourne via the Melbourne-Geelong and Geelong-Ballarat lines.

Being on a single track section of track, the station served as a crossing loop, with an interlocked signal box erected in 1890. In 1893 a turntable was added, and by 1908 the station had a four road yard, passenger platform, and a goods shed and platform.

In 1967 the turntable was removed, and one of the tracks in the yard was removed in 1987, with another following in 1988 leaving the platform road and a loop. in 1996 this last loop was abolished, the signal box closed, and Ballan was no longer available for crossing trains. In 2004 the track at the eastern end of the station was realigned as part of the Regional Fast Rail project in order to increase the maximum speeds of trains though the curve.

Closed stations Ingliston and Rowsley were located between Ballan and Bacchus Marsh. Between Ballan and Ballarat, closed stations include Gordon, Millbrook, Wallace, Bungaree, Warrenheip and Ballarat East.