Bendigo railway station is located on the

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and

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lines in

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. It serves the city of

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria (Australia), 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 populat ...

, and opened on 21 October 1862 as Sandhurst. It was renamed Bendigo on 1 September 1891.Bendigo
Vicsig Situated on the eastern edge of the

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of Bendigo, the name of the station was changed in 1891, when the city was also renamed. The station also serves as the terminus for many of

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Bendigo line The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Echuca railway line) is a broad-gauge railway line serving northwestern Victoria, Australia. The line runs from the border settlement of Deniliquin into Bendigo, before turning south-southeast tow ...

services. The station was rebuilt after being destroyed by fire on 23 December 1965. The station building on Platform 2 was refurbished in 1984. The light refreshment booth was demolished around that time, and the

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and ironwork were repainted. Additional refurbishments occurred in 1988. During 1989/1990, much of the station and

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was rearranged to its current layout, including the abolition of signal boxes "A", "B", "C" and "D", and the provision of new signal masts and turnouts. The disused station at

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is located between Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat.

Platforms and services

Bendigo has two

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s. Platform 1 is on the north-west side and Platform 2 is on the south-east side of the railway line. Both platforms are used by

Echuca Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and larges ...

and

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 Peo ...

line services. Platform 1: * services to

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, Eaglehawk,

and

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; terminating services Platform 2: * services to Epsom, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Swan Hill and Southern Cross; terminating services

Transport links

Christian's Bus Company operates thirteen routes via Bendigo station, under contract to

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: *:

Huntly Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settleme ...

– Kangaroo Flat *: to Epsom station *: to Eaglehawk *: to Eaglehawk *: to Eaglehawk *: to

Maiden Gully Maiden Gully is a suburb of the regional city of Bendigo in central Victoria, Australia, located west of the central business district along Calder Highway. At the 2016 census, Maiden Gully had a population of 4,992. Maiden Gully is surroun ...

*: to Kangaroo Flat *: to East Bendigo *: to

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria a ...

Bendigo Campus *: to Spring Gully *:

Bendigo Base Hospital Bendigo Base Hospital is the major hospital of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It is operated by Bendigo Health Care Group (commonly known as Bendigo Health). The hospital is the largest regional hospital in Victoria and one of the largest public h ...

– La Trobe University Bendigo Campus *: to

*: to Spring Gully Organ's Coaches operates one route to and from Bendigo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: *to Whitmores Bus Lines operates one route to and from Bendigo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: *: to Strathfieldsaye70 Bendigo Station – Strathfieldsaye via Kennington
Public Transport Victoria

Gallery

File:R761 bendigo.jpg, Steamrail locomotive R761 sits at Platform 2 in June 2003 File:Bendigo railway station June 2022.jpg, Bendigo station, June 2022

References

External links

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Victorian Railway Stations galleryMelway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Northern=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1862 Regional railway stations in Victoria (Australia) Transport in Bendigo Bendigo