Strathmerton is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of Strathmerton,

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. The station opened at the same time as the railway from

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, ...

Cobram Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the admi ...

on 1 October 1888, with the line to

Tocumwal Tocumwal ( ) is a town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Berrigan Shire local government area, near the Victorian border. The town is situated on the banks of the Murray River, north of the city of Melbourne ...

not opening until 28 February 1905, ending at a temporary terminus on the south side of the

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, the line not completed into Tocumwal until July 1908. The junction between the lines was to the north of the station, facing down trains. Passenger services to Tocumwal ended on 8 November 1975 with the last train operated by T class diesel locomotive T324 and 3AS - 31BE - 2AE - 22CE. Before this time the Strathmerton - Cobram section of the line was operated as the 'branch line' with a

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connecting with the main line train. A bus service was then introduced for the Tocumwal branch, connecting with the Cobram service. By 1977/78 the service between Cobram and Tocumwal was being operated by a VicRail owned

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driven by the Cobram station master. Passenger services to the station were discontinued in 1981 when the

Numurkah Numurkah ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the , Numurkah had a population of 4,768. History The area was occupied by the Yorta Yorta people prior t ...

to Cobram service ended under the

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timetable, but were again resumed in 1983. The station building was replaced with shelters in 1990/1991. The final closure was in 1993, when the Cobram service was cut back to Shepparton, as it is today. Strathmerton has a disused and rundown platform, and two disused

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s for up trains at the down end of the station. The points for the Cobram line have been lifted, with freight trains continuing to use the line north to Tocumwal. Image:Strathmerton - junction to Cobram.jpg, Junction between the lines to Cobram (left) and Tocumwal (right) looking south towards the station Image:Strathmerton - junction to Cobram headed away.jpg, Cobram line headed east

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