Castlemaine railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in

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. It serves the town of Castlemaine, and it opened on 21 October 1862.Castlemaine
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operating heritage services on the Maldon line. In 1973, a

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at the station was abolished. On 9 July 1977, the passenger service to Maryborough was withdrawn, and in 1978, a number of points were abolished, as was a

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and the former carriage

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. Rationalisation of the former

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occurred during the late 1980s. In 1989,

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"A" and "B" were abolished, and replaced with a signal panel within the station office.Castlemaine Signal Box (CME)
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were replaced with two and three position signals. Also in that year, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Parker Street

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, located nearby in the Down direction of the station. On 17 December 2004, the Victorian Goldfields Railway was extended from Muckleford to Castlemaine. On 17 January 2005, the signal panel was abolished. Disused stations Elphinstone and Taradale are located between Castlemaine and

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, while disused stations Harcourt and Ravenswood are located between Castlemaine and Kangaroo Flat. Demolished station Chewton was also located between Castlemaine and Malmsbury.

Platforms and services

Castlemaine has one

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with two faces (Platforms 2 and 3) and one side platform (Platform 1). Platforms 1 and 2 are used by

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and

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line services in both directions, while Platform 3 is used by

heritage services to

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. Platform 1: * services to

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Platform 2: * services to Bendigo, Epsom, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Swan Hill and Southern Cross Platform 3: * Victorian Goldfields Railway heritage services to

Transport links

Castlemaine Bus Lines operates five routes via Castlemaine station, under contract to

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: *: Castlemaine – Campbells Creek *: Castlemaine Town Loop *: to

*: to Taradale *: to Chewton6 Castlemaine - Chewton via Loddon Prison
Public Transport Victoria

References

External links

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Castlemaine and Maldon Junction
Victorian Station Histories
Melway map
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