Mooroopna railway station is located on the Tocumwal line in

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. It serves the town of

Mooroopna Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...

, and it opened on 13 January 1880.Mooroopna
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for the

SPC Ardmona SPC Global Limited, trading as SPC Australia and formerly SPC Ardmona, is an Australian-based company that specialises in large fruit packing and owns and operates a canning factory in Shepparton. SPCA closed its Mooroopna processing plant in ...

fruit factory is located opposite the station, and is served by

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freight services. All sidings at the station, with the exception of the siding serving SPC Ardmona, were abolished in 1991. On 13 January 2018, a suspicious fire destroyed the station building in the early hours of the morning. As part of the

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project to upgrade the Shepparton line, the platform was extended to accommodate VLocity trains. The project was completed by August 2022, and included new lighting, seating, shelter and

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, as well an upgraded car park and upgraded paths leading to the station. Demolished station

Toolamba Toolamba is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Toolamba and the surrounding area had a population of 873. ...

was located between Mooroopna and Murchison East.

Platforms and services

Mooroopna has one platform. It is serviced by

V/Line V/Line is a statutory authority that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on five commuter lines and eight long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cross ...

Shepparton line services.Shepparton - Melbourne
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Shepparton Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...

and

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References

External links

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Victorian Railway Stations gallery
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