Violet Town railway station

Violet Town
Station information
Code VTN
Distance from
Southern Cross		 169.330 km
Operator V/Line
Lines Albury-Wodonga
# Platforms 1
# Tracks 2 SG (1 under conversion from BG)
Status Unmanned Station
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Opened 20th March 1873

Violet Town is a railway station serving the settlement of the same name on the North East railway line in Victoria, Australia. The station is located south of the Murchison-Violet Town Road level crossing, and is served by the Albury-Wodonga V/Line passenger services.

Contents

Facilities

Violet Town has a single platform on the eastern side of the broad gauge line, with a level crossing located at the north end. Riggs Creek Loop is located three kilometres to the south on the broad gauge line,[1] and is the regular crossing point of broad gauge trains between Seymour and Wodonga. The standard gauge line runs behind the platform, with Violet Town Loop located to the north.

Platforms and services

Platform 1:

History

The station opened with the line in 1873, and was in important railhead before the opening of the Goulburn Valley railway to the west. A temporary building was initially provided, replaced in 1876 by a weatherboard structure. The goods shed provided with the opening of the line was still in use in the 1970s.[2]

In 1909 the goods yard was extended and a new signal box provided, with the main line slewed to run through the platform, instead of number 2 road as previously. In 1938 the yard was again altered, and the station building was moved current position at the northern end of the platform.[2] In 1969 the Violet Town rail accident occurred when the southbound Southern Aurora passenger train collided head on with a northbound freight train.[3]

As part of the North East Rail Revitalisation Project a second platform will be constructed on the standard gauge line, in conjunction with the standard gauge conversion of the existing broad gauge track. Work begun in December 2008, and will be competed by late 2009.[4]

References

  1. ^ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Riggs Creek Loop". www.vicsig.net. http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Riggs%20Creek%20Loop. Retrieved 2008-12-24. 
  2. ^ a b Turton, Keith W. (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. page 98. ISBN 0 85849 012 9. 
  3. ^ "Violet Town, Vic: Rail Collision". www.ema.gov.au. http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/c85916e930b93d50ca256d050020cb1f/8983f75c7917a168ca256d33000583ba?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-12-24. 
  4. ^ "South Improvement Alliance (SIA) - Works in Your Community". www.southimprovementalliance.com.au. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20080724201418/http://www.southimprovementalliance.com.au/web/index.php?page=program-of-works. Retrieved 2008-12-24. 
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Balmattum station was located between Violet Town and Euroa stations. Baddaginnie station was located between Violet Town and Benalla stations.