Clunes railway station is a

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way station on the Mildura line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Clunes, in Victoria, Australia. Clunes station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 16 November 1874, with the current station provided in 2011. It initially closed on 12 September 1993, then reopened on 3 December 2011.Clunes
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History

The station closed on 12 September 1993, when ''

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'' service to

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was withdrawn and replaced by road coaches. It was reinstated on 3 December 2011, as an additional station on the reopened passenger service to Maryborough. The station, along with parts of the main street, were famously used in the 1979 film ''

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'', when the bikie crew pick up the Nightrider's coffin. In 1987, Clunes was abolished as an electric staff station, with the

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and

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abolished. In March 2010, a new 140-metre

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was provided opposite the platform, to stable track machines. When rail passenger services to Maryborough resumed in July 2010, Clunes station was not reopened, but in June 2010, it was announced that it would be. On 3 December 2011, a ceremony was held to officially reopen the station, and regular services began stopping there the following day. Prior to the reopening, contractors working on the station removed the original

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veranda, which was sent for

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, outraging local residents and the local council. By mid-2012, a replacement veranda had been rebuilt. During 2015, the former station building was refurbished, and was leased out for community use in the same year.

Platforms and services

Clunes has one platform. It is served by

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, one daily service to

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Transport links

operates road coach services via Clunes station, from

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and

.Mildura - Melbourne
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Gallery

Clunes Train Station Platform 1.jpg, Southbound view from the station platform prior to the replacement verandah being provided, July 2012

References

External links

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