Talbot railway station

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Talbot
Station statistics
Coordinates 37°10′18″S 143°42′22″E / 37.1718°S 143.7060°E / -37.1718; 143.7060Coordinates: 37°10′18″S 143°42′22″E / 37.1718°S 143.7060°E / -37.1718; 143.7060
Platforms 1
Tracks 1
Other information
Opened 1875
Closed 12 September 1993
Rebuilt 22 December 2013
Owned by VicTrack
Station status Open
Melway map Link
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station
Clunes
 Ballarat line
(2013)
(Mildura line)
Maryborough
Terminus

Talbot is a railway station in the township of Talbot, Victoria, Australia. As of December 22 2013, V/Line passenger rail services resumed. Currently the station building and platform now used as a public transport facility, plant nursery and small railway museum. A goods shed and crane also remain at this station.

The extension of V/Line passenger services from Ballarat to Maryborough was announced in December 2008 as part of a $50 million project,[1] but the State Government had stated that Creswick and Clunes would be the only intermediate stops.[2][3]

As part of the upgrade works for passenger services the crossing loop and siding was abolished on 24 February 2010,[4][5] with the recent removal of crossing loops at Sulky and Tourello, the line between Ballarat and Maryborough can only have one train using it at a time.[6]

In 2011, the Liberal State Government announced they would be reopening the station to Maryborough services, with $2.5 million allocated to upgrade the station. The station was reopened on 22nd of December 2013 ahead of major regional rail track works during the summer. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "PASSENGER RAIL SERVICES TO RETURN TO MARYBOROUGH". Media Release: Premier of Victoria. www.premier.vic.gov.au. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  2. ↑ EMMA BROWN (11 October 2009). "No plans for Clunes train". The Courier. www.thecourier.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  3. ↑ Liberal Victoria (21 April 2010). "LABOR’S FAILURE TO RE-OPEN CLUNES AND TALBOT STATIONS IGNORES LOCALS". Media Release. www.vic.liberal.org.au. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Signalling and Infrastructure". Railway Digest (Australian Railway Historical Society (NSW Division)): page 56. May 2010. 
  5. ↑ "Down end of Talbot Loop, new track panels in place for when it is abolished". Wongm's Rail Gallery. railgallery.wongm.com. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  6. ↑ V/Line Weekly Notice: "NORTH BALLARAT - MARYBOROUGH. TOURELLO LOOP ABOLISHED LEVEL CROSSING UPGRADES"
  7. ↑ http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/832-coalition-government-delivers-on-commitment-to-return-trains-to-talbot.html

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