Wendouree, Victoria - Transport

Transport

Wendouree is serviced by three bus routes to and from Ballarat Central. Route 1 'Wendouree West' travels via Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital in Drummond Street North and Burnbank Street to Howitt Street. Going along Howitt Street and then Gillies Street it serves the main commercial areas and loops around the residential areas in the western part of the suburb before retracing its route back into the city.

Route 2 'Wendouree' enters the suburb in Norman Street, at the eastern end near the Eureka Stadium. After travelling along Norman Street to Stockland, it turns north into Gillies Street and loops around the residential areas in the north. It meets Norman Street again at the intersection with Forest Street and retraces its route back into Ballarat Central.

Bus route 16 'Wendouree via Lake Gardens' enters Wendouree from the south via Gillies Street. It serves Stockland before making a u-turn at the roundabout at Norman and Gillies Streets and retracing its route back into the city.

Wendouree is also served by route 17 'Miners Rest', from Stockland to Miners Rest and back via the Wendouree railway station; and route 6 'Webbcona' which loops around the northern half of the suburb, via Webbcona bowling club, to and from Stockland Wendouree.

Bus routes 1 and 2 have a half-hour frequency Monday to Saturday, with a few services each on Sundays. The other three routes have a one-an-hour frequency Monday to Friday, and Saturday mornings. Route 16 also has a service hourly on Saturday afternoons and on Sundays.

Wendouree railway station, opened in 2009, is located on the south-western edge of the suburb, just off Learmonth Road. The single platform station has 12 services to Melbourne (via Ballarat) on weekdays and 9 on both Saturdays and Sundays. Trains travelling between Ballarat and Ararat also stop at Wendouree.