Albury railway station, New South Wales

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Albury

CountryLink Southern V/Line Albury-Wodonga Line
Station code	ABX
Suburb	Albury
Street(s)	Station Pl
Distance from Central Station	642.40 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	CountryLink XPT V/Line Intercity
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	3 Standard gauge 2 Broad gauge
Platform arrangement	1 side 1 dock
Type of station	Ground
Transfers available	Train Bus
Disabled access	Yes

Albury Railway station built in 1881 in the Italianate style

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.

1 Platforms/Services
2 Transport Connections
3 Neighbouring stations
4 External links

[edit] Platforms/Services

The station is served by V/Line trains from Melbourne and CountryLink Sydney - Melbourne XPT services.

Platform 1

CountryLink Southern - CountryLink XPT services to Melbourne (Southern Cross) and Sydney (Central) - 2 per day in each direction.

Platform 2

V/Line Albury-Wodonga Line - Terminating services; V/Line services to Southern Cross (3 services on weekdays, 3 services on Saturday, 3 services on Sunday.)

[edit] Transport Connections

There is a bus interchange located outside the station in Station Place. This is used by V/Line, CountryLink and other long distance coach services. Local bus services operate to and from QE II Square, located on nearby Dean St.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Station Navigation
Regional service
V/Line Albury-Wodonga Line
	Wodonga		Previous station
Interstate service
Preceding station		CountryLink		Following station
Wangaratta towards Melbourne	CountryLink Southern Melbourne XPT			Culcairn towards Sydney
Entire V/Line network
Entire CountryLink network