Numurkah is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway line, which once served the town of the same name, in

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History

The station opened on 1 September 1881, as the terminus of the railway from

Shepparton Shepparton () (Yorta Yorta language, Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River (Victoria), Goulburn River in northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Mel ...

. The line was extended north to

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and

Cobram Cobram is a town in Victoria, Australia. 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 administrative cen ...

in October 1888, as well as a short distance west to Nathalia. The latter line was extended to Picola in 1896, as the Picola line, with the junction located to the north of the station, at the down end. New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969, and were refurbished in 1985. Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981, as part of the

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timetable, but were resumed in 1983. The final closure of the Cobram passenger service was in 1993, when it was cut back to Shepparton. During August 1998, the interlocked frame and signal quadrants at Numurkah were abolished, along with all fixed signals, signal posts, main line points, along with a number of sidings, including the road leading to the silos, and the turntable, leaving Numurkah unavailable for trains to cross. The main line was also realigned sightly at the down end of the yard.

Station

Present facilities at the station include a disused platform, a station building, now leased to a local business, a footbridge over the tracks, and grain silos. The station once had a

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but it has been replaced by a small garden.

Gallery

Numurkah Train Station Entrance, Victoria.jpg, Station entrance, November 2023 Numurkah station.jpg, Station building and platform, July 2007 Numurkah station overview.jpg, Looking south with platform to the right, July 2007 Numurkah former turntable.jpg, Disused turntable, July 2007 Numurkah former Picola line junction.jpg, Reservation of the closed Picola branch, headed west from the main line, July 2007

References

Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) Railway stations in Australia opened in 1881 Railway stations in Australia closed in 1993 {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub