The site has been condoned off during construction, but will be unveiled in time for the first train to pull up to the platform on Sunday, December 12.

A community launch event with free entertainment will be held from 9.30am to 1.30pm. The first passenger train is scheduled to pull up at the station at 9.46am.

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Goornong is the first of three new stations to be built as part of the Bendigo Metro 3 project, which aims to give people in growing communities better train access.

The station will run 18 weekly services - with two daily services on weekdays and four daily services on weekends.

The delivery of the Huntly Station is expected to completed in mid-2022, and Raywood Station should follow late next year.

The Bendigo and Echuca line upgrade is part of the $4 billion Regional Rail Revival program.

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