Albury railway station, New South Wales
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| Code | ABX |
| Distance from Southern Cross | 642.40 km |
| Line | Albury-Wodonga Main Southern (NSW) |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Number of tracks | 4 (2 BG) (2 SG) |
| Station status | Unmanned Station |
| Station facilities | Link |
| Connecting transport and timetables |
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| VicRoads map of station | Not available |
| Google map of station | [1] |
Albury railway station is the station serving the New South Wales border town of Albury. Albury is on the main Sydney-Melbourne railway line, which reached the town in 1881. The broad gauge line from Melbourne reached the town in 1883. The station is 642.40 km from Central railway station in Sydney.
Originally New South Wales and Victoria had different railway gauges, which meant that all travellers in either direction had to change trains at Albury. To accommodate this, a very long railway platform was needed; the covered platform is one of the longest in Australia. In 1962, the standard gauge line was extended to Melbourne's Spencer Street Station (now Southern Cross), and all freight and interstate passenger services use the long standard gauge platform. Broad gauge trains from Melbourne continue to use the back (dock) platform.
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[edit] Platforms/Service
The station is served by VLine trains from Melbourne (usually 3 per day on weekdays, 2 on weekends), as well as Countrylink XPT services which run twice daily.
Platform 1
- CountryLink Southern - CountryLink XPT services to Melbourne (Southern Cross) and Sydney (Central) - 2 per day.
Platform 2
- Albury-Wodonga Line - Terminating services; VLine services to Southern Cross (3 per day on weekdays, 2 per day on weekends.)
[edit] Transport Connections
There is a bus interchange in Smollett Street outside, which is used by VLine coaches, as well as local buses serving the suburbs of Albury.
[edit] Neighbouring stations
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| Albury line | ||||
| Wodonga | Previous station | |||
| Interstate service | ||||
| CountryLink Southern | ||||
| Sydney-Melbourne XPT | ||||
| Previous station | Culcairn → | | | → Wodonga | Next station |
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| Entire CountryLink network | ||||
[edit] See also
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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