North Shore railway station, Victoria

North Shore
Southbound view in April 2008, broad gauge platform on the left, standard gauge on the right
Location	Station Street, North Shore Australia
Coordinates	38°05′53″S 144°21′56″E / 38.0981°S 144.3655°E / -38.0981; 144.3655Coordinates: 38°05′53″S 144°21′56″E / 38.0981°S 144.3655°E / -38.0981; 144.3655
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line Great Southern Rail
Line(s)	Port Fairy
Distance	67.17 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	NSH
Fare zone	Myki Zone 3/4 Overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	15 April 1895
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Corio toward Southern Cross Warrnambool line North Geelong toward Waurn Ponds or Warrnambool Preceding station   Great Southern Railway   Following station Melbourne Terminus The Overland Ararat towards Adelaide

North Shore railway station is located on the Warrnambool line, in Victoria, Australia, and serves the northern Geelong suburbs of North Shore and Norlane.

Although some references say the station opened on 15 April 1895, an 1857 map shows a station named Cowies Creek on the current site, which by the 1880s was called North Shore. In 1909, the station was briefly renamed Corio, reverting to North Shore in 1913. In the 1920s various other names, related to the industrial expansion in the area, were suggested for the station, including Jelbart, Pivot and Ford. In 1930, the Minister for Railways announced that the station's name would change to Pivot, but that was never carried out.

In the early 1950s, the station was reduced to being staffed by a caretaker, responsible to the stationmaster at Corio. In February 1959, the former single line was duplicated from North Geelong to Corio, and North Shore was re-built as an island platform, 200 metres to the north of the old station. The previous group of standard country railway buildings was replaced by a small wooden office and waiting room. After being damaged by fire in 1990, the building was replaced by two metal bus shelters.

In 1995, the Western standard gauge line was built to the western side of the station. It is used by freight trains to and from Adelaide, with a short platform provided for The Overland passenger service opening in May 1999.

A kilometre south of North Shore, the North Geelong Loop, first opened in 1903, connects the Melbourne to Geelong and Geelong to Ballarat lines.

In 2016, the station was embroiled in controversy as it was discovered that an amateur porn video was shot on location by two Geelong teenagers. The film entitled Trainline Tramp was discovered by line train operator V-line in November who swiftly condemned the behaviour in the strongest possible terms. The video remains live on pornographic video sharing website Pornhub.