Caroline Springs railway station, Melbourne
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Caroline Springs
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Caroline Springs station building in October 2017
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| Location | Christies Road, Ravenhall | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°46′4″S 144°44′18″E / 37.76778°S 144.73833°ECoordinates: 37°46′4″S 144°44′18″E / 37.76778°S 144.73833°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Serviceton | ||||||||||
| Distance | 21.20 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 350 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | CNS | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 January 2017 | ||||||||||
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Caroline Springs railway station is a railway station on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia.
The Victorian Transport Plan (released in 2008) proposed the progressive upgrade of the Melton line to support future urban development in the corridor. Construction of the station was to have commenced in 2010 and be completed in 2012.
After the 2010 state election, the Baillieu Government put further construction on hold, with an access road to the site having been partially constructed. Construction of a bridge over the rail line had to be completed to serve the nearby Boral Quarry which otherwise would have been isolated by the new Regional Rail Link tracks that run north-south across them.
In May 2014, in the run-up to the 2014 state election, the Napthine Government announced that construction would commence in 2014 with a scheduled 2016 completion date. Construction commenced in August 2015.
However, in May 2016, the Andrews Government made the decision to "future-proof" the station for the duplication of the Ballarat line by redesigning the station with a second platform. As a result, the opening of the station was delayed until early 2017.
The station was officially opened by the Member for Kororoit, Marlene Kairouz, on 28 January 2017 during a community day with the first trains calling at the station the following day.
Caroline Springs station has an island platform, serviced by V/Line Ballarat line services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Kastoria Bus Lines operates one route via Caroline Springs station:
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