Echuca railway station
Echuca | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view in August 2007 | |||||||||||
| Location | Sturt Street, Echuca | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Deniliquin | ||||||||||
| Distance | 249.99 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed part time | ||||||||||
| Station code | ECH | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1864 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Echuca railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Echuca.[1] It is the terminus for V/Line services from Melbourne. Beyond Echuca the line continues to Deniliquin. Freight sidings and a silo exist opposite the station.
History
The railway reached Echuca in 1864 and transformed the town into a major river port, with the opening of the Echuca Wharf and substantial urban growth in the 1870s.[2] In 1876 the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company opened their 71 km (44 mi) long private railway northwards to Deniliquin.[3]
The brick station building at Echuca was provided on opening of the line, along with a double gable roofed brick goods shed, and three road locomotive depot. The station building was expanded in 1877, a large water tower being erected in the same year, and the iron footbridge was added in 1880.[4] The concrete rail bridge over the Murray River to the north of the station opened in 1989, replacing a road and rail bridge opened in 1878.[2]
A short branch line between Echuca and the port opened with the line, but was closed in 1971. In 2000, $150,000 funding for the reconstruction of the line was provided.[5] By 2002 work was underway, with the cost increased to $330,000. However by 2007 the branch was out of use and disconnected from the main line.[6]
The line north of Echuca closed in 2007 but was reopened in October 2013.[7][8]
Platforms & services
Echuca has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Echuca line services.[9]
Platform 1:
- Echuca line: services to & from Southern Cross
Transport links
Echuca is also served by V/Line road coach services between Bendigo and Moama.[9]
NSW TrainLink operate road coach services to Albury and Wagga Wagga.[10]
References
- ↑ Rochester Vicsig
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Echuca-Moama Road Rail Bridge over Murray River". www.rta.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Private Railways". Year Book Australia, 1921. www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ↑ "Echuca Railway Station Complex (listing VICH1059)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "Minister Announces Funding for the Port of Echuca Rail Link". Media Release: Minister for Transport. www.dpc.vic.gov.au. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "Switchpoint: Victorian Rail Freight Network Review" (PDF). 74.125.95.132. p. page 70. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Coalition government reopens Echuca to Toolamba line for rail freight Premier of Victoria 3 October 2013
- ↑ Echuca to Toolamba reopens Rail Express 9 October 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Echuca/Moama - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Southern timetable NSW TrainLink 30 June 2014
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External links
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Media related to Echuca railway station at Wikimedia Commons - Victorian Railway Stations Gallery
- Melway