Korong Vale is a demolished railway station, located at the junction of the

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and Kulwin railway lines, in the township of Korong Vale,

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. Only freight trains use the line though the station. At the peak of operations, the station had an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

with footbridge access, two

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es, a

marshalling yard A classification yard (American and Canadian English (Canadian National Railway use)), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian, and Canadian English (Canadian Pacific Railway use)) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway ya ...

, goods platform and shed, and a

weighbridge A truck scale (US), weighbridge (non-US) or railroad scale is a large set of scales, usually mounted permanently on a concrete foundation, that is used to weigh entire rail or road vehicles and their contents. By weighing the vehicle both emp ...

. Rationalisation was carried out in the 1980s.Victorian Railways signal diagram At the southern (

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) end of the station site is a

passing loop A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...

, while at the northern end is the junction of the two lines. A water tower and standpipe for

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s is also located at the station. During rationalisation, on 30 June 1987, the

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between Korong Vale and Charlton/

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was replaced with

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