What LGA in Victoria (not counting those in Melbourne) has the most railway stations?

You may remember from way back that I made a post that detailed how many stations each Melbourne LGA had. There were some very interesting things I noticed that were quite intriguing, even though there were several mistakes made...

The next logical step is to find out what LGA in Victoria has the most railway stations in them!

Several criteria are used:

- Stations included are served by either services from either V/Line or Great Southern Rail.

- No stations purely served by tourist railways (Bellarine railway) are counted.

- Stations located in a LGA that is considered a part of Melbourne (such as Casey) are not counted.

There is a document I have made that can be found here

A few thoughts:

- Thirty-two LGAs are included in the spreadsheet I made. LGAs with no active train stations were not included in this table.

- The LGA with the most stations is the City of Greater Geelong, with a whopping eight railway stations. These include all stations on the Geelong line from Lara all the way to Waurn Ponds.

- Greater Geelong is followed by the Macedon Ranges Shire and Mitchell Shire, which both have seven stations in their areas. Macedon Ranges includes every Bendigo line between Clarkefield and Malmsbury, while Mitchell includes every Seymour line train between Wallan and Seymour.

- Thirteen LGAs only have a single station to their name. These include Ararat Rural City, Benalla Rural City, East Gippsland Shire, Gannawarra Shire and plenty more.

Conclusion

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