Murchison East railway station, Victoria

Murchison East railway station, Victoria

VlineRailwayStation1
NAME=Murchison East
IMAGELINK=Murchison_East_passenger_shelter.jpg
CAPTION=Present passenger shelter
CODE=MST
DISTANCE=149.24 km
LINES=Shepparton
PLATFORMS=1
TRACKS=1
STATUS=Unmanned Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.viclink.com.au/stop/view/20331 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.viclink.com.au/stop/view/20331 Link]
MELWAYORVICROADS=Vicroads
MELWAY=

Murchison East is a railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway that serves the town of Murchison, Victoria, Australia. The station is served by V/Line passenger trains on the Shepparton Line.

The station opened as Murchison at the same time as the railway from Mangalore to Shepparton on January 13 1880, being renamed to Murchison East in September 1890.cite book
author = Bob Whitehead
title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary
year = 2008 ] The station became a junction in September 1890 when the line to Rushworth opened, this line later being extended to Colbinabbin and Gingarre. The Rushworth line remained open until 1987,cite journal | year = 1990 | month = March | title = Tracks Across the State | author = Sid Brown | journal = Newsrail | publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) | pages = pages 71-76 ] and branched off at the Seymour end of the station facing north, and the line curved to the east.

The station is located at the Murchison-Violet Town Road level crossing. The main timber station building has been fenced off, replaced by a new passenger shelter alongside. The station has the longest crossing loop on the line, 870 metres in length, [cite web
url=http://www.vline.com.au/rna/rna/information_pack.html
title=Seymour to Tocumwal
author=V/Line
work=Network Access Information Pack
publisher=www.vline.com.au
accessdate=2008-07-13] as well as a number of other sidings that serve a grain silo complex opposite the platform.

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References

ViclinkAndClosedStations
Line1 = Shepparton line
Next1 = Mooroopna
Previous1 = Nagambie
ClosedLine = Rushworth line
ClosedNextplain = Towards Colbinabbin and Gingarre
ClosedPreviousplain = Junction

Wahring was located between Nagambie and Murchison East; and Arcadia and Toolamba were located between Murchison East and Mooroopna.


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