Homebush railway station is a former station on the
Avoca railway line
The Maryborough–Avoca–Ararat railway is a railway line in western Victoria, Australia. It is one of the few railway lines in the state to have been closed and then reopened. Today it is a standard gauge branch line connecting the Western SG ...
in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
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* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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, Australia. It served the gold-mining town of
Homebush
Homebush is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipali ...
.
History
The first section of line was opened in October 1874, as a branch from Maryborough to Avoca. It was extended to
Ararat in November 1890. Once completed, it formed a through-route between two main lines. In 1888, the fares to Melbourne were 20 shillings and 13 shillings.
There was a Post Office at the Homebush station which opened in 1914 and was closed in 1919.
In July 1959, the line between Avoca and Ararat was closed. It was reopened in October 1966 and in 1996, it was converted to
standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
, along with the main Melbourne–Adelaide railway. The Avoca–Ararat section of the line was unused for several years, and
Pacific National
Pacific National is one of Australia's largest rail freight businesses.
History
In February 2002, National Rail Corporation, National Rail's freight operations and rollingstock (owned by the Government of Australia, Federal, Government of New ...
used it to store over 100 surplus grain wagons, until many of them were reactivated to carry the 2011–2012 harvest.
The Avoca line reopened in 2018, following a complete rebuild as part of the
Murray Basin Rail Project
The Murray Basin Rail Project is a major railway project in the north-west of Victoria, Australia. The project includes the conversion of a substantial portion of the Victorian freight rail network from the historical broad gauge to the standard ...
, which extended the reach of the standard gauge network in Victoria.
See also
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Adelaide Lead, the railway
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Ararat railway station
Ararat railway station is located on the Serviceton and Western standard gauge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Ararat, and it opened on 7 April 1875.[Ben Nevis railway station
Ben Nevis railway station is an abandoned station on the Avoca railway line, a railway line running from Ararat to Avoca and onto Maryborough in the Australian state of Victoria. It also acted as the terminus of the abandoned Navarre railway ...]
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Bung Bong, Victoria
Bung Bong is a locality in Victoria between the towns of Avoca and Maryborough. The locality is divided, with the Western section in the Pyrenees Shire and the Eastern section in Shire of Central Goldfields. The Bet Bet Creek (which separates t ...
References
External links
Avoca and District Historical Society Prior website of the Avoca and District Historical SocietyHomebush line details
Disused railway stations in Victoria (state)
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