Benalla railway station, Victoria

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Benalla
Station information

Code	BEN
Distance from Southern Cross	197.25 km
Lines	North East
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2 (1 BG) (1 SG)
Status	Staffed Station
Viclink profile	Link

Benalla is a railway station on the North East railway in the town of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.

1 Facilities
2 History
3 Gallery
4 References

[edit] Facilities

The Station is located at the Midland Highway level crossing. Shops are near the Station.

As well as having a platform on the broad gauge line used by V/Line services, there is also a platform on the parallel standard gauge line, used for Countrylink services between Sydney and Melbourne. It is an important junction in north eastern Victoria, surrounding towns using the station for travel to the state capital Melbourne and it is also where the Oaklands line towards Yarrawonga branches off and heads north; it was also a link to the now closed Tatong railway line.

It is the second last stop on the Sydney to Melbourne passenger service with a travel time to Melbourne of around 2 hours.

[edit] History

The station has seen many interesting occasions including, the famous Kelly Gang, Royal Tours, as well as hosting the Flying Scotsman during its visit in 1988, and a recent train derailment. It is one of the oldest country stations in the state once boasting a bar and restaurant for rail travellers.

The old time dance hall, located next to the station and run by ex railway workers was a mecca for oldies wanting to dance like it was 1947, unfortunately rising insurance costs ended its nearly 50 year run and more recently, part of the disused building was knocked down by the recent train derailment.

The railway yard has a workable turntable but its use is restricted to exhibition only, the rest of the yard is in the slow process of being dismantled with many sidings being pulled up and the track recycled. There were two signal boxes in its heyday, only one remains now but for historical purposes only.

[edit] Gallery

Standard gauge platform at Benalla

70th anniversary run of the Spirit of Progress stopped at Benalla

[edit] References

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FallingRain Map - elevation = 158m

Preceding station		CountryLink		Following station
Melbourne Terminus	CountryLink Southern Melbourne XPT			Wangaratta towards Sydney
Entire CountryLink network

Station Navigation
V/Line service
Albury-Wodonga line
← Previous Station	Violet Town	\|	Wangaratta	Next Station →

Closed line
Oaklands line
← Previous Station	Junction	\|	Towards Oaklands	Next Station →
Entire V/Line network
Closed stations

Baddaginnie Station is demolished and was located between Benalla and Violet Town stations. Glenrowan Station is currently not is use and is located between Benalla and Wangaratta stations.