Shepparton railway line

Shepparton railway line
Shepparton railway line, Victoria
Shepparton line map
Line details
Opened 1860
Length 184.84 km to Shepparton
251.4 km to Tocumwal
Stations 12
Tracks Double track to Seymour, Single track with passing loops beyond
Used by V/Line and Pacific National
Service pattern InterCity
Limited stops between Melbourne and Seymour, stopping all stations beyond
Rolling stock Locomotive hauled N type carriages
Connections Seymour Line
Albury-Wodonga Line
Rail transport in Victoria
 List of stations
Closed railways

The Shepparton line (also known as the Tocumwal line) is a 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) railway line in Victoria, Australia. It branches off the Albury-Wodonga railway line at Seymour and has four passenger stations to Shepparton.

Contents

Line guide

The Shepparton line is served by daily V/Line services from Southern Cross Station in Melbourne. V/Line Seymour line services also operate along the inner section of the line, and is a branch line from the North East railway.

Bold stations are termini, italic stations are staffed at least part time (this has been confirmed).

Shepparton railway line
Legend
Head station
0 km Southern Cross (SSS) Zone 1
Interchange on track
1.7 km North Melbourne (NME) Zone 1
Junction to left Transverse abbreviated in this map
Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong lines
Interchange on track
16.9 km Broadmeadows (BMS) Zone 2
Stop on track
47.49 km Wallan (WAN) Zone 2
Stop on track
57.29 km Wandong (WDG) Zone 2
Stop on track
65.48 km Kilmore East (KME) Zone 3
Stop on track
77.16 km Broadford (BRF) Zone 4
Station on track
101.69 km Seymour (SEY) Zone 6
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Hume Freeway
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
109.34 km Mangalore (closed)
Transverse abbreviated in this map Junction to right
Albury-Wodonga line
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
119.2 km Tabilk (closed)
Stop on track
128.11 km Nagambie (NGE) Zone 9
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
135.9 km Wahring (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eABZrg" Unknown BSicon "exHLUECKE"
Rushworth line
Stop on track
149.24 km Murchison East (MST) Zone 11
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
157.9 km Arcadia (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
166.05 km Toolamba (closed)
Junction to left Transverse abbreviated in this map
Toolamba-Echuca line
Stop on track
179 km Mooroopna (MPA) Zone 14
Station on track
184.84 km Shepparton (SHP) Zone 15
Transverse abbreviated in this map Junction to right
Dookie line
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
191.9 km Congupna (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
199.0 km Tallygaroopna (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
208.3 km Wunghnu (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
215.2 km Numurkah (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eABZlf" Unknown BSicon "exHLUECKE"
Picola line
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
215.7 km RMSP 85
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
225.8 km Katunga (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
227.8 km RMSP 86
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
231.6 km RMSP 81 (2nd)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
231.7 km RMSP 81 (1st)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
237.9 km Strathmerton (closed)
Unknown BSicon "exSTRrg" Unknown BSicon "eABZrf"
Cobram line (track in place but connection lifted)
Unknown BSicon "exHST" Straight track
242.1 km Yarroweyah (closed)
Unknown BSicon "exKHSTe" Straight track
249.8 km Cobram (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
241.6 km Mywee (closed)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
250.3 km Tocumwal Bridge (temporary terminus)
Unknown BSicon "eGRENZE+WBRÜCKE"
Murray River and VIC/NSW border
Unknown BSicon "KBHFxe"
251.4 km Tocumwal (closed, former break-of-gauge)
Unknown BSicon "exLUECKE"
NSWGR standard gauge line

History

The Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company opened the first section of the Shepparton railway line from North Melbourne to Essendon in 1860. Following its take over by the Victorian Government in 1867, the line was extended to Tallarook and Mangalore in 1872. This line was completed to Albury in 1883 (see Albury-Wodonga line).

A line was built from Mangalore to Toolamba and Shepparton in 1880 and extended to Numurkah in 1881, Strathmerton in 1905 and connecting with the New South Wales Government Railways at Tocumwal at a break-of-gauge in 1908.

Passenger services to Tocumwal ended on 8 November 1975 with the last train operated by T class diesel locomotive T324 and passenger carriages 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.[1]

The last passenger service from Toolamba station to Echuca ran on 2 March 1981 with Y class diesel locomotive Y161, an ABE carriage and a C van. This consist had only been introduced a few months prior, with a DERM usually being rostered.[1] Toolamba finally closed as a station on 20 December 1987.[2]

The passenger service from Numurkah north to Cobram was withdrawn on 24 April 1981 but was restored on 14 August 1983.[1] The service from Melbourne to Shepparton then to Cobram was again withdrawn on 21 August 1993, with Hoys Roadlines taking control of the train as far as Shepparton from 22 August,[1] hiring locomotives, carriages and train crews from V/Line. This arrangement remained until 2004.[3]

There have been calls for the line to be standardised as part of the proposed Melbourne to Brisbane 'Inland Railway'. In April 2008 it was announced that the Shepparton – Tocumwal section of the line would also be upgraded, as part of the Victorian core grain network in a A$23.7 million package with 6 other lines.[4]

Branch lines

A branch line was subsequently built from Murchison East to Rushworth and Colbinabbin, with a branch from Rushworth to Stanhope and Girgarre. A line was completed between Toolamba and Echuca in 1887.

A short branch line was opened from Shepparton to Dookie in 1888. A private tramway was opened between Dookie and Katamatite in 1890, and was taken over by Victorian Railways in 1896.[5] Another short branch line was opened from Strathmerton to Cobram in 1888.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 77–82. 
  2. ^ Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary. 
  3. ^ "Track Record: 19 April to June 2004". www.doi.vic.gov.au. http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/doielect.nsf/2a6bd98dee287482ca256915001cff0c/a3da3b97a6cc8a96ca256f0b00112ea9/$FILE/trkrcd19.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-13. 
  4. ^ "$43m to upgrade rail freight lines". The Age. http://business.theage.com.au/43m-to-upgrade-rail-freight-lines/20080421-27nl.html. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  5. ^ "Katamatite". Australian Places. Archived from the original on 2006-08-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20060821093130/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/katamatite.html. Retrieved 2006-06-07. 

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