Numurkah railway station

Numurkah is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway line in the town of Numurkah, Victoria, Australia. The station opened as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton on 1 September 1881[1] The line was extended north to Strathmerton and Cobram in October 1888, as well as a short distance west to Nathalia. The latter line was extended to Picola in 1896, as the Picola line,[2] with the junction located to the north of the station, at the down end.

Numurkah
Looking south, platform to the right
Line(s)Goulburn Valley
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1881

New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969,[3] and were refurbished in 1985.[4] Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981, as part of the New Deal timetable, but were resumed in 1983. The final closure was in 1993, when the Cobram service was cut back to Shepparton,[2] as it is today. During August 1998, the interlocked frame and signal quadrants at Numurkah were abolished, along with all fixed signals, signal posts, main line points, a number of roads, including the road leading to the silos, and the turntable, leaving Numurkah unavailable for trains to cross. The main line was also realigned sightly at the down end of the yard.[5] Present facilities at the station include a disused platform, a station building, now leased to a local business, a footbridge over the tracks, and grain silos. The station once had a disused turntable however it has now been replaced by a small garden.

  • Station building and platform
  • Disused turntable
  • Reservation of the closed Picola branch, headed west from the main line

References
  1. Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
  2. Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.
  3. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962 - 1983. p. 205. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1985. p. 147.
  5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1998. p. 317.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wunghnu   Goulburn Valley line   Katunga
Junction   Picola line   Waaia
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  


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