Maryborough Railway Station, Victoria
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Maryborough 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 Maryborough, in Victoria, Australia. Maryborough is a ground level premium station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 7 July 1874, with the current station provided in 2010. It was initially closed on 12 September 1993, then reopened on 25 July 2010 with the reintroduction of
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passenger services to the station. Maryborough is a major junction, with cross country routes to Moolort and Ararat. The Avoca line from Ararat is a
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line that becomes a
dual gauge Dual gauge railroad track has three or four rails, allowing vehicles of two track gauges to run on it. Signalling and sidings are more expensive to install on dual gauge tracks than on two single gauge tracks. Dual gauge is used when there i ...
track when passing through Maryborough, with the dual gauge track operating as far north as Dunolly. There are the remains of dock platforms at both ends of the main platform.


History

Maryborough station opened on 7 July 1874, when a
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from Castlemaine was provided. On 6 October of that year, the line was extended to Dunolly and, on 2 February 1875, the line from Clunes was extended. Like the town itself, the station was named after Maryborough in
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, which was suggested by James Daly, who was Assistant Gold Commissioner. The current station building was erected in 1890, with 25 rooms and a
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, of red brick with stucco trimming. In 1895,
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visited Maryborough, which he dryly observed as being: "A railway station with a town attached". Some people believe bureaucratic error led to the station being built from plans for the station intended for Maryborough,
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(a much larger town), and others from Melbourne's Spencer Street station (now
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), as it was a much larger station than Spencer Street, in the state's capital city. The station clock was provided in the clocktower in 1914. In 1967, a rail
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replaced a
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at Tuaggra Street ( Pyrenees Highway), located in the down direction of the station. In 1969,
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s replaced interlocked gates at the Inkerman Street level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station. In 1988, track "A" and siding "C" was abolished, as well as a number of signal posts. A number of signals and
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s were provided at the same time. On 12 September 1993, the station was closed to passenger traffic, when ''
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'' service to
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was withdrawn and replaced by road coaches. During 2006–2007, the station was restored by RBA Architects and Conservation Consultants, with repairs to the towers, clock, facade, portico, roof and guttering. Stage Two included slating, rendering, glazing and moulding repairs, to match the works conducted during the first stage of works. In December 2008, as part of the
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, the
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announced passenger rail services to Maryborough would resume.Archived version of the Victorian Transport Plan
/ref> On 25 July 2010, services between Maryborough and Ballarat commenced. In 2011, restoration works occurred on the station platform verandah.


Platforms and services

Maryborough has one platform. It is serviced by
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Maryborough line services. Platform 1: * services to and from
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, one daily service to
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Transport links

Maryborough Transit operates three routes via Maryborough station, under contract to
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: * : Maryborough (Napier Street) – Hedges * : Maryborough (Napier Street) – Princes Park/Whirrakee * : Maryborough (Napier Street) – Pascoe
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operates road coaches via Maryborough station, from
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and
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to
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and
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 at the 2021 census. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point, Merbein and Red ...
.Mildura - Melbourne
Public Transport Victoria


Gallery

File:VLine_train_at_Maryborough.jpg, left, Southbound view, with VLocity set VL38 on Platform 1, July 2010


References


External links


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