Tallarook railway station is located on the

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. It serves the town of

Tallarook Tallarook is a town the Shire of Mitchell local government area in central Victoria, Australia. The town is in on the Hume Highway, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tallarook had a population of 789. Tallarook Post Office opene ...

, and it opened on 18 April 1872.Tallarook
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History

Tallarook opened in 1872, along with the line though it, and became a

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for the Mansfield branch line to Yea in 1883, with the line extended to

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in 1891, and

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in 1909. A

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was provided when the station became a junction, and the main line was duplicated from Broadford in the same year, with the

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extended north in 1886. The first interlocked

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was erected in 1885, controlling three platforms and a four road

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. The

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for the branch line initially faced Seymour, requiring

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-bound trains to reverse; a Melbourne-facing crossover was added in 1911. When the parallel standard gauge line was built in 1961, it cut right through the middle of the station, with three gauge crossings provided between the

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main line and the sidings on the other side. A new signal box was also opened around this time, with a

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on the

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line opening in 1969, the only one added after the initial construction of the line. The current Main Road underpass, located nearby in the

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( Down) direction of the station, was provided in 1961, and replaced a previous

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. By June 1970, the turntable was removed. Tallarook served as the junction for the Mansfield line until 1978, with the last regular passenger train to Mansfield operating in 1977. After the line to Mansfield was closed, one of the gauge crossings was removed in 1979, with another removed at the Albury end in 1981. The

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was closed by November 1982, with the last connection to the goods yard abolished in 1984, but the signals for them remained, until the signal box was closed in 1987, and the station left as straight track. Work on extending Tallarook Loop on the standard gauge line into a 6.8-kilometre-long passing lane commenced in 2008. Work included extending the existing loop southwards, installation of higher speed points at each end, and resignalling. Former station School House Lane / Dysart Sidings / Goulburn Junction was located between Tallarook and Seymour.

Platforms and services

Tallabrook has two

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s. It is serviced by

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Seymour line and selected Shepparton line services, with most Shepparton line services running express through the station.Seymour - Melbourne
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* weekend services to Southern Cross Platform 2: * services to Seymour * one weekday early morning and two weekend services to

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References

External links

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Victorian Railway Stations gallery
{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, North Eastern=y, state=collapsed Mansfield railway line Railway stations in Australia opened in 1872 Regional railway stations in Victoria (Australia) Shire of Mitchell