History
An 1857 map shows a station named Cowies Creek on the current site, but by the 1880s it 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 1959, the former single line was duplicated from North Geelong to Corio and North Shore station was re-built as an island platform. The previous group of standard country railway buildings was replaced by a small wooden office and waiting room. After being damaged by fire, the station building was replaced by two metal bus shelters.
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