Strathmerton railway station, Victoria

VictorianClosedRailwayStation
NAME=Strathmerton
IMAGELINK=Strathmerton platform.jpg
CAPTION=Station platform looking south
LINES=Goulburn Valley
(Tocumwal and Cobram)
DISTANCE=234.9 km
PLATFORMS=1
TRACKS=1
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=
CLOSED=


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Strathmerton is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of Strathmerton, Victoria, Australia. The station opened at the same time as the railway from Shepparton to Cobram on October 1, 1888 with the line to Tocumwal not opened until February 28, 1905.cite book
author = Bob Whitehead
title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary
year = 2008 ] The junction between the lines was to the north of the station, facing down trains.

Passenger services to Tocumwal ended on November 8, 1975 with the last train operated by T class diesel locomotive T324 and 3AS - 31BE - 2AE - 22CE. Before this time the Strathmerton - Cobram section of the line was operated as the 'branch line' with a 102hp Walker railmotor connecting with the main line train. A bus service was then introduced for the Tocumwal branch, connecting with the Cobram service. By 1977/78 the service between Cobram and Tocumwal was being operated by a VicRail owned station wagon driven by the Cobram station master.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 ]

Passenger services to the station were discontinued in 1981 when the Numurkah to Cobram service ended under the New Deal timetable, but were again 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.

Strathmerton has a disused and rundown platform, and two disused home signals for up trains at the down end of the station. The points for the Cobram line have been lifted, with freight trains continuing to use the line north to Tocumwal.

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VictorianClosedStations
Line=Tocumwal line
Previous=Katunga
Next=Mywee
Line2= Cobram line
Previous2=Katunga
Next2=Yarroweyah