Maryborough railway station

Maryborough is a railway station on the Mildura railway line serving the town of Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. It is the terminus of V/Line passenger services from Melbourne Southern Cross, travelling via Ballarat.

History

The current station building was erected in 1890 with 25-rooms and a clock tower, of red brick with stucco trimming.^[1] In 1895, Mark Twain visited Maryborough—which he dryly observed was: "A railway station with a town attached".^[2] A $1.6 million restoration of Maryborough Station was carried out in 2006/2007, with repairs to the towers, clock, facade, portico, roof and guttering. Stage 2 included slating, rendering, glazing and moulding repairs to match the works conducted during the first stage of works.^[3]

In December 2008 as part of the Victorian Transport Plan the state government announced that the station would see 14 V/Line passenger rail services extended to the station every week at a cost of $50 million,^[4] commencing 25 July 2010.^[5] In the first week 558 passengers made use of the train, despite the timetable preventing passengers from Ballarat or Melbourne from making a day return journey to Maryborough. In August 2010 Department of Transport spokesman said that is was too early to consider the provision of additional services.^[6]

Services

• Maryborough line—daily V/Line service to Melbourne via Ballarat

Railway lines

The station is also a major junction with cross country routes linking to Castlemaine and Ararat from Maryborough. There is the remains of a dock platform at each end of the main platform.

The Avoca line from Ararat is standard gauge and dual gauge track that runs through Maryborough to the north as far as Dunolly. The Moolort line stretches out to Moolort, due to the rest of the track to Castlemaine being booked out for Victorian Goldfields Railway operations.

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