Beaufort railway station, Victoria
Beaufort | ||||||||||||||||
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| PTV regional rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 Station building and entrance, December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pratt Street, Beaufort, Victoria 3373 Shire of Pyrenees Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°25′39″S 143°22′55″E / 37.4276°S 143.3819°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ararat (Ararat) | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 164.78 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Coach | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Operational, unstaffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | BET | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 August 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 27 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 11 July 2004 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | 8,949[1] | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | 8,230[1]  8.03% | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | 7,989[1] 2.92% | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | 8,770[1]  9.77% | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Not measured[1] | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | 9,200[1] 4.9% | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | 7,300[1] 20.65% | |||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | 5,000[1] 31.5% | |||||||||||||||
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Beaufort railway station is located on the Ararat line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Beaufort, and it opened on 11 August 1874.[2]
History
[edit]Beaufort station opened on 11 August 1874, when the railway line from Ballarat opened.[2] It remained a terminus until 7 April 1875, when the line was extended to Ararat.[2] Like the town itself, the station was named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer and rear admiral of the British Royal Navy.[3]
On 14 September 1988, it was disestablished as a staff station,[4] with the signal box, interlocking and signals abolished. The electric staff sections Trawalla - Beaufort and Beaufort - Buangor were also abolished, replaced with the electric staff section Trawalla - Buangor.[5] In May 1989, two loop lines that formed a rail yard were removed.[6]
In October 1993, station staff were withdrawn, with platform seats also removed in that month.[6] On 27 May 1994, the station closed when road coaches replaced services between Ballarat and Ararat.[6]
In 2000, the station building and signal box underwent a restoration, to make it more suitable for community use.[6] By August 2003, upgrades to reopen the station were complete.[6] On 11 July 2004, the station reopened when V/Line passenger services to Ararat resumed.[7]
In October 2014, the former station building was converted into a community arts centre, whilst the former goods shed is currently used as a steam-era museum.[8][9]
Disused stations Burrumbeet and Trawalla are located between Beaufort and Wendouree, while disused station Buangor is located between Beaufort and Ararat.
Platforms and services
[edit]Beaufort has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Ararat line services.[10]
Platform 1:
- Ararat line services to Ararat and Southern Cross, one daily shuttle service to Ballarat
Transport links
[edit]V/Line operates a road coach service via Beaufort station:
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
- ^ a b c "Beaufort". vicsig.net. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Beaufort". Victorian Places. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1988. p. 334.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1988. p. 345.
- ^ a b c d e Chris Banger (April 2007). "Notes on the Ballarat - Ararat Rail Corridor". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society: 106–115.
- ^ Ararat sleepers awake to new sound - the train The Age 10 July 2004
- ^ "Then and Now...Beaufort". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 2016. p. 60.
- ^ Community use of vacant rail buildings - Beaufort VicTrack
- ^ Ararat - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
External links
[edit]- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
- When there were Stations gallery
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au