Numurkah railway station, Victoria

VictorianClosedRailwayStation
NAME=Numurkah
IMAGELINK=Numurkah station overview.jpg
CAPTION=Looking south, platform to the right
LINE=Goulburn Valley
DISTANCE=215.2 km
PLATFORMS=1
TRACKS=1
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=1881
CLOSED=

Numurkah is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of Numurkah, Victoria, Australia. The station opened as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton on September 1, 1881cite book
author = Bob Whitehead
title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary
year = 2008 ] 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,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 ] with the junction located to the north of the station at the down end.

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 was in 1993, when the Cobram service was cut back to Shepparton,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 ] as it is today. Present facilities at the station include a disused platform, a station building now leased to a local business, a footbridge over the tracks, a disconnected turntable, and grain silos.

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VictorianClosedStations
Line1=Goulburn Valley line
Previous1=Wunghnu
Next1=Katunga
Line2=Picola line
Previous2plain=Junction
Next2plain=Towards Picola