Numurkah railway station

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

Numurkah
Southbound view of the station, November 2023
General information
Line(s)	Goulburn Valley
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	1881
Closed	1993
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Wunghnu   Goulburn Valley line   Katunga Junction   Picola line   Waaia   List of closed railway stations in Victoria

History

The station opened on 1 September 1881, as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton.^[1] The line was extended north to Strathmerton and Cobram 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,^[2] with the junction located to the north of the station, at the down end.

New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969,^[3] and were refurbished in 1985.^[4] Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981, as part of the New Deal timetable, but were resumed in 1983. The final closure of the Cobram passenger service was in 1993, when it was cut back to Shepparton.^[2]

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.^[5]

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 The station once had a turntable but it has been replaced by a small garden.

Gallery

• 
  Station entrance, November 2023
• 
  Station building and platform, July 2007
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  Looking south with platform to the right, July 2007
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  Disused turntable, July 2007
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  Reservation of the closed Picola branch, headed west from the main line, July 2007

References

1. Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
2. Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.
3. Winter, Vincent Adams (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962–1983. p. 205. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). May 1985. p. 147.
5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). October 1998. p. 317.

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