| Station information | |
|---|---|
| Code | TOK |
| Distance from Southern Cross |
92.208 km |
| Operator | V/Line |
| Lines | Albury-Wodonga Shepparton |
| # Platforms | 2 |
| # Tracks | 3 (2 BG) (1 SG) |
| Status | Unmanned Station |
| Viclink profile | Link |
| Opened | 18th April 1872 |
Tallarook is a railway station on the North East railway in the town of Tallarook, Victoria, Australia. The station has two side platforms, with the main brick station building on platform 2 on the western side, linked by a pedestrian subway at the Melbourne end.
The station is served by V/Line trains on the Seymour line, with no long distance trains to Shepparton and Albury stopping at the station.[1]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
The station was opened in 1872 along with the line though it, and became a junction for the branch line to Yea in 1883, the line being extended towards Mansfield and Alexandra in later years.[2] A turntable was added when the station became a junction, and the main line was duplicated from Broadford in the same year, the double track being extended north in 1886. The first interlocked signal box was erected in 1885, controlling three platforms and a four road yard.[3] The crossovers for the branch line initially faced Seymour, requiring Melbourne-bound trains to reverse; a Melbourne-facing crossover was added in 1911.
When the parallel standard gauge line was built though the station in 1961, it cut right though the middle of the station, with three gauge crossings provided between the broad gauge main line and the sidings on the other side. A new signal box was also opened at this time, with a crossing loop on the standard gauge line opened in 1969, the only one added after the initial construction of the line.[3]
Tallarook served as the junction for the lines to Mansfield and Alexandra until 1978, with the last regular passenger train to Mansfield operating in 1977.[4] After the line to Mansfield was closed one of the gauge crossings was removed in 1979, another being removed at the down end in 1981. The last connection to the goods yard was abolished in 1984 but the signals for them remained, until the signal box was closed in 1987 and the station left as straight track.[3]
Work on extending Tallarook Loop on the standard gauge line into a 6.8 kilometre long 'passing lane' commenced in 2008, with completion due for February 2009. Work included extending the existing loop southwards, installation of higher speed points at each end, and resignalling.[5][6]
| Station Navigation | ||||
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| V/Line service | ||||
| North East line (Albury-Wodonga line & Shepparton line) | ||||
| ← Previous Station | Broadford | | | Seymour | Next Station → |
| Closed line | ||||
| Mansfield line | ||||
| ← Previous Station | Junction | | | Trawool | Next Station → |
| Entire V/Line network | ||||
| Closed stations | ||||
School House Lane / Dysart Sidings / Goulburn Junction were located between Tallarook and Seymour.