Toolamba is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of

Toolamba Toolamba is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is in the City of Greater Shepparton Local government in Australia, local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Toola ...

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. The station opened as a junction at the same time as the railway from Mangalore to Shepparton on 13 January 1880, with the line to

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opening on the same day. The last passenger service to the station from Echuca ran on 2 March 1981 with Y class diesel locomotive Y161 an ABE carriage and a C van. This consist had only been introduced a few months prior, with a

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usually being rostered. Toolamba finally closed as a station on 20 December 1987. The platform was on the west side of the line, with a dirt mound and the foundations of the

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remaining today. A water tower is located at the Seymour end of the station, and a 725 metre long loop siding is located across from the former platform, which is usable as a

crossing loop A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains o ...

. The junction for the line to Echuca faces Seymour, and is located on the Shepparton end of the level crossing.

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Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) Railway stations in Australia opened in 1880 Railway stations in Australia closed in 1987 {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub