Lara railway station

Lara
PTV regional rail station
Northbound view of station platform and building with 2 VLocity trains occupying both platforms and a P-class diesel locomotive passing through, March 2008
General information
Location	Hicks Street, Lara, Victoria 3212 City of Greater Geelong Australia
Coordinates	38°01′19″S 144°24′53″E / 38.0220°S 144.4147°E / -38.0220; 144.4147
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Geelong Warrnambool (Warrnambool)
Distance	57.50 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, staffed part-time
Station code	LAR
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2/4 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 November 1856; 168 years ago (1856-11-01)
Rebuilt	1981
Previous names	Duck Ponds (1856-1875)
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station Little River towards Southern Cross Geelong line Corio towards Geelong or Waurn Ponds Wyndham Vale towards Southern Cross Warrnambool line Weekends only North Shore towards Warrnambool
Location Lara Location within Victoria

Lara railway station is a regional railway station on the Warrnambool line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Lara, in Victoria, Australia. Lara station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 1 November 1856, with the current station provided in 1981.^[1][2]

Initially opened as Duck Ponds, the station was given its current name of Lara on 30 June 1875.^[1][2]