Shepparton railway station, Victoria

VlineRailwayStation1
NAME=Shepparton
IMAGELINK=Shepparton4.jpg
CAPTION=Station platform and V/Line service
CODE=SHP
DISTANCE=184.84 km
LINES=Shepparton
PLATFORMS=1
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Staffed Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.viclink.com.au/stop/view/20343 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.viclink.com.au/stop/view/20343 Link]
MELWAYORVICROADS=Vicroads
MELWAY=

Shepparton is a railway station in the city of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Located on the Goulburn Valley railway, the station is the terminus of V/Line Shepparton Line passenger services.

The station is located in Purcell Street, and has a passenger platform on the east side of the line, and a goods platform on the west side, in addition to a 725 metre long crossing loop. [cite web
url=http://www.vline.com.au/rna/rna/information_pack.html
title=Seymour to Tocumwal
author=V/Line
work=Network Access Information Pack
publisher=www.vline.com.au
accessdate=2008-07-13] The station has a large coach terminal on the street side, with the station acting as a railhead for V/Line coach services from further afield, connecting to up to three daily return passenger services from Melbourne to Shepparton.

A number of goods sidings are located between them, used to stable the container freight to Tocumwal, and for shunting now defunct oil train. Further sidings are located to the south, the first serving disused British Imperial Oil Company, Vacuum Oil Coy and C.O.R. Oil Coy depots.cite book
author = Bob Whitehead
title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary
year = 2008 ] To the north were sidings for livestock and a second oil terminal, which was use until 2008 when oil services were discontinued by Pacific National.

The station opened on January 13, 1880 as the terminus of a line from Mangalore on the main North East railway. The line was extended north to Numurkah in 1881, and a branch line to Dookie was opened 1888.cite journal | year = 1990 | month = March | title = Tracks Across the State | author = Sid Brown | journal = Newsrail | publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) | pages = pages 71-76 ] The V/Line passenger service once continued further north to Cobram, this service withdrawn on 21 August 1993 and Hoys Roadlines operating the train service as far as Shepparton with V/Line rolling stock and locomotives.cite journal
year = 1997
month = March
title = Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960
author = Chris Banger
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
pages = pages 77–82 ] This arrangement remained until July 2004. [cite web
url=http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/doielect.nsf/2a6bd98dee287482ca256915001cff0c/a3da3b97a6cc8a96ca256f0b00112ea9/$FILE/trkrcd19.pdf
title=Track Record: 19 April to June 2004
publisher=www.doi.vic.gov.au
accessdate=2008-07-13]

References

ViclinkAndClosedStations
Line1 = Shepparton line
Previous1 = Mooroopna
ClosedLine = Goulburn Valley line
ClosedNext = Congupna
ClosedPrevious = Mooroopna
ClosedLine2 = Dookie line
ClosedNext2plain = Towards Dookie and Katamatite
ClosedPrevious2plain = Junction