Harcourt is a closed station located on the
Bendigo line
The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Echuca railway line) is a broad-gauge railway line serving northwestern Victoria, Australia. The line runs from the border settlement of Deniliquin into Bendigo, before turning south-southeast tow ...
. It served the township of
Harcourt and was closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the ''
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...
'' timetable for country passengers.
A 10-ton crane at the station was abolished in 1973.
The station building on the former
down platform housed the studios of Goldfields Community Access Radio (3CCC) from 1982 to 2006.
Reopening proposals
In August 2018, the state government announced that it intended to re-open the station if it was re-elected at the
2018 state election.
Pushes for Harcourt to reopen have been proposed for many years since the closure.
References
Disused railway stations in Victoria (state)
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