- Clunes railway station
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Clunes 
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Southern Cross153km (via Bacchus Marsh) Operator V/Line Line Mildura # Platforms 1 # Tracks 1 Status Unmanned Opened 1874 VicRoads map Link Google map Link Myki zone Zone 11 Clunes is a railway station in the township of Clunes, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in 1874, and was closed in 1993 when passenger services discontinued on the Mildura Line. Since that time the station has been left empty, with the station building and platform still in place. It will re open, along with the restoration of passenger services to Maryborough in November 2011.[1]
The station, along with parts of the main street, were famously used in the film Mad Max when the bikie crew pick up the Nightrider's coffin. Reg Evans who played the Station Master in this scene was killed in the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009.
The return of passenger services to Maryborough was announced in December 2008 as part of a $50 million project,[2] but as recently as October 2009 the State Government had stated there would be no station at Clunes, the only intermediate stop being at Creswick.[3][4]
In June 2010 it was announced that Clunes would be included as a stop on the re-opened railway line, when V/Line services are extended from Ballarat to Maryborough. The works to reopen the station will cost of $7 million.[1] In March 2010 a new siding 140 metres in length was provided opposite the platform, to be used to stable track machines.[5][6]
Services
- Maryborough line - daily V/Line service to/from Melbourne/Maryborough
References
- ^ a b "READY FOR TOMORROW: $19 MILLION TO RETURN PASSENGER RAIL TO CLUNES AND IMPROVE NORTH-WEST FREIGHT RAIL LINKS". Media Release: Premier of Victoria. www.premier.vic.gov.au. June 2010. http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/newsroom/10767.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ "PASSENGER RAIL SERVICES TO RETURN TO MARYBOROUGH". Media Release: Premier of Victoria. www.premier.vic.gov.au. 11 December 2008. http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/component/content/article/5656.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ KIM STEPHENS (7 October 2009). "Call to explain Clunes' omission from rail plan". The Courier. www.thecourier.com.au. http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/call-to-explain-clunes-omission-from-rail-plan/1643848.aspx. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ EMMA BROWN (11 October 2009). "No plans for Clunes train". The Courier. www.thecourier.com.au. http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/no-plans-for-clunes-train/1646383.aspx. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ "Brand new set of points at Clunes - to create a new works siding". Wongm's Rail Gallery. railgallery.wongm.com. 20 February 2010. http://railgallery.wongm.com/mildura-line/E103_0572.jpg.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ "Signalling and Infrastructure". Railway Digest (Australian Railway Historical Society (NSW Division)): page 56. May 2010.
External links
Station Navigation Maryborough line ← Previous Station Creswick | Maryborough Next Station → Entire network The closed Talbot station is located between Clunes and Maryborough stations
Coordinates: 37°18′11″S 143°46′53″E / 37.30306°S 143.78139°E
Categories:- Regional railway stations in Victoria (Australia)
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