Toolamba railway station, Victoria

VictorianClosedRailwayStation
NAME= Toolamba
IMAGELINK=Toolamba_station_site.jpg
CAPTION=Former station site, platform mound to the right, loop siding to the left
LINE=Goulburn Valley
DISTANCE=166.05 km
PLATFORMS= 0
TRACKS= 1
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=1880
CLOSED=1987


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Toolamba is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of Toolamba, Victoria, Australia. The station opened as a junction at the same time as the railway from Mangalore to Shepparton on January 13 1880,cite book
author = Bob Whitehead
title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary
year = 2008 ] with the line to Tatura opening on the same day.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 last passenger service to the station from Echuca ran on March 2, 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.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 ] Toolamba finally closed as a station on December 20, 1987.

The platform was on the west side of the line, with a dirt mound and the foundations of the signal box remaining today. A water tower is located at the Seymour end of the station, and a 725 metre long loop siding is located across from the former platform, which is usable as a 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 junction for the line to Echuca faces Seymour, and is located on the Shepparton end of the level crossing.

References

VictorianClosedStations
Line1=Goulburn Valley line
Previous1=Arcadia
Next1=Mooroopna
Line2=Toolamba-Echuca line
Next2plain=Towards Echuca
Previous2plain=Junction