Swan Hill railway station is located on the Piangil line in

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. It serves the town of

Swan Hill Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. Indigenous Peopl ...

, and it opened on 30 May 1890.Swan Hill
Vicsig The station serves as the current

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for V/Line's Swan Hill line services. Beyond the station,

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and

Southern Shorthaul Railroad Southern Shorthaul Railroad is an Australian rail freight services operator in New South Wales and Victoria. The company also provides workshop services, such as rolling stock manufacturing and wagon and locomotive maintenance. History Sout ...

grain trains continue to the line's terminus at

Piangil Piangil, once frequently spelled "Pyangil", is a town in the Mallee region of northern Victoria, Australia. It is approximately north west of the state capital, Melbourne and north west of the regional centre of Swan Hill Swan Hill is a ...

. A

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and

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s exist near the station. A 70 ft.

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was provided at the station in 1940, replacing a 50 ft. turntable. The turntable was removed by September 1969. Demolished station

Lake Boga Lake Boga () is a town in Victoria, Australia, located next to the lake of the same name. It is situated within the Rural City of Swan Hill within the Mallee region of north-west Victoria. At the 2016 census, Lake Boga had a population of 985 ...

was located between Swan Hill and

Kerang Kerang is a rural town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, lucerne and grain. It is located north-west of Melbourne on the Murray V ...

Platforms and services

Swan Hill station 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 ...

Swan Hill line services.Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable
Public Transport Victoria Platform 1: * services to and from

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Transport links

operates a road coach service from

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

Mildura Mildura is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area had ...

via Swan Hill station.Mildura - Melbourne timetable
Public Transport Victoria

References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Northern=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1890 Regional railway stations in Victoria (Australia) Swan Hill