Shepparton railway line, Victoria

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Victoria's regional railway lines
Albury-Wodonga line
Ararat line
Bairnsdale line
Echuca line
Shepparton line
Swan Hill line
Warrnambool line
List of stations

The Shepparton line is a railway line in Victoria, Australia. It has 7 stations.

1 List of Stations
2 History
- 2.1 Branch lines
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] List of Stations

Broadmeadows (suburban station)
Craigieburn (greater metropolitan service ends)
Seymour
Nagambie
Murchison East
Mooroopna
Shepparton

[edit] History

The Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company opened the first section of the Shepparton railway line from North Melbourne to Essendon in 1860. Following its take over by the Victorian Government in 1867, the line was extended to Tallarook and Mangalore in 1872. This line was completed to Albury in 1883 (see Albury-Wodonga line).

A line was built from Mangalore to Toolamba and Shepparton in 1880 and extended to Numurkah in 1881, Strathmerton in 1905 and connecting with the New South Wales Government Railways at Tocumwal at a break-of-gauge in 1908.

[edit] Branch lines

A branch line was subsequently built from Murchison East to Rushworth and Colbinabbin, with a branch from Rushworth to Stanhope. A line was completed between Toolamba and Echuca in 1887.

A short branch line was opened from Shepparton to Dookie in 1888. A private tramway was opened between Dookie and Katamatite in 1890, and was taken over by Victorian Railways in 1896. ^[1]. Another short branch line was opened from Strathmerton to Cobram in 1888.