Corio | |||||||||||
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PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | School Road, Corio, Victoria 3214 City of Greater Geelong Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°04′19″S 144°22′48″E / 38.0720°S 144.3799°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Geelong Warrnambool (Warrnambool) | ||||||||||
Distance | 63.94 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Operational, unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | COR | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 3/4 overlap | ||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 September 1890 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 8 January 1914 9 September 1981 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Cowie's Creek (1890-1904) Cowie (1904-1913) | ||||||||||
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Corio railway station is a regional railway station on the Warrnambool line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the northern Geelong suburb of Corio, in Victoria, Australia. Corio station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 15 September 1890, with the current station provided in 1981.[1][2]
Initially opened as Cowie's Creek, the station was renamed two times. It was renamed to Cowie on 9 May 1904, then was given its current name of Corio on 1 December 1913.[1][2]
The Western standard gauge line to Adelaide runs immediately west of the station.
Although located in Corio, the station is situated about a kilometre from the nearest residential developments in the area.