9-593: BLN may refer to: Ballan railway station , Australia Ballygunge Junction railway station , in Kolkata Bellefonte Nuclear Plant , an unfinished nuclear power plant in Hollywood, Alabama UCI team code of Team BridgeLane , an Australian UCI Continental road cycling team IATA code of Benalla Airport , east of Benalla, Victoria, Australia bln, common abbreviation for billion Topics referred to by
18-436: A single track section, the station served as a crossing loop , with an interlocked signal box erected in 1890. In 1893, a turntable was added and, by 1908, the station had a four road yard , a passenger platform, a goods shed and goods platform. By 1967, the turntable was removed. In early 1973, a dead-end siding at the up ( Spencer Street ) end of the station was abolished. During 1987 and 1988, more tracks in
27-575: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ballan railway station Ballan railway station is a regional railway station on the Ararat line , part of the Victorian railway network . It serves the town of Ballan , in Victoria, Australia. Ballan station is a ground level premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 22 December 1886, with
36-482: Is serviced by V/Line Ballarat and Ararat line services. Platform 1: Platform 2: Bacchus Marsh Coaches operates two routes via Ballan station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria : V/Line also operates a road coach via Ballan station to Melbourne and Ballarat . Regional Rail Revival The Regional Rail Revival is a joint initiative between the Australian federal government and
45-575: The Victorian state government to upgrade all regional railway lines in Victoria. The project has an estimated total cost of A$ 4 billion . A$ 2.3 billion of the project's total cost is being funded by the Australian Government. It was delivered by Rail Projects Victoria (RPV) until April 2024, and then by the Level Crossing Removal Project . The project is guided by the 2016 Regional Network Development Plan , which outlines
54-515: The current station provided in 2021. Ballan station opened on 22 December 1886 as the terminus of a short line from Ballarat . On 4 December 1889, the line was extended to Bacchus Marsh , meaning that trains could then operate from Melbourne to Ballarat via Ballan. Before the line via Ballan and Bacchus Marsh was constructed, Ballarat was only indirectly linked to Melbourne via the Melbourne-Geelong and Geelong-Ballarat lines. Being on
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72-694: The station itself was refurbished, and included an upgrade to the waiting room, new toilets, resurfacing of the platform and new fencing and lighting. The Victorian State Government's Regional Rail Revival project in 2019 included an additional track and platform at Ballan, which delivered two side platforms , an accessible pedestrian overpass and improved parking . By January 2021, most of these works were completed. Closed stations Ingliston and Rowsley were located between Ballan and Bacchus Marsh. Between Ballan and Ballarat, closed stations include Gordon , Millbrook , Wallace, Bungaree , Warrenheip and Ballarat East. Ballan has two side platforms . It
81-475: The yard were abolished, leaving only the platform road and a loop remaining. In 1996, the loop was abolished and the signal box closed, meaning that Ballan was no longer available for the crossing of trains. In 2004, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project , the track at the eastern end of the station was realigned in order to permit an increase in the maximum speeds of trains though the curve. In 2006,
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