Echuca | ||||||||||||||||||
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PTV regional rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | 116 Sturt Street, Echuca, Victoria 3564 Shire of Campaspe Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°07′52″S 144°45′12″E / 36.131138°S 144.753387°E | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||||
Operated by | V/Line | |||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 249.99 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections |
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Construction | ||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||
Status | Operational, staffed part-time | |||||||||||||||||
Station code | ECH | |||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | |||||||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 19 September 1864 | |||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||||
One per weekday to
Southern Cross (two on weekends). Trains travelling in the opposite direction terminate here.
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Official name | Echuca Railway Station Complex | |||||||||||||||||
Designated | 20 August 1982 | |||||||||||||||||
Reference no. | H1059 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Location | ||||||||||||||||||
Echuca railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Echuca, and opened on 19 September 1864. [2]
It is the northern-most operating passenger railway station on the Deniliquin line, and is the terminus for Echuca line services. It also serves as the terminus of the freight-only Toolamba–Echuca line. The Deniliquin line operates northwards, over the New South Wales state border, for freight traffic. Freight sidings and a silo are located opposite the station.
The railway reached Echuca in 1864 and, with the opening of the Echuca Wharf, the town was transformed into a major river port, encouraging substantial urban growth in the 1870s. [3] In 1876, the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company opened its 71 km (44 mi)-long private railway northwards to Deniliquin. [4]
The brick station building at Echuca was provided with the opening of the line, along with a double-gabled brick goods shed, and a three-road locomotive depot. The station building was expanded in 1877, and a large water tower was erected in the same year (demolished in 1977). [5] An iron footbridge was added in 1880. [6] In June 1974, the former northern waiting room section of the station building was demolished. [7] The concrete rail bridge over the Murray River, to the north of the station, opened in February 1989, replacing a combined road and rail bridge that opened in 1878. [3]
A short branch line between Echuca and the port opened with the line, but was closed in 1971. In 2000, $150,000 was provided to fund the reconstruction of the line. [8] By 2002, work was underway, with the cost increased to $330,000. However, by 2007, the branch was out of use and was disconnected from the main line. [9]
The branch line from Echuca to Toolamba closed in 2007, but was reopened in October 2013. [10] [11] Services on the line were suspended in January 2020. [12]
Echuca has one platform. It is served by terminating Echuca line trains from Southern Cross. [13]
Platform 1:
Echuca is also served by V/Line road coach services between Bendigo and Moama, [13] and NSW TrainLink road coach services to Albury and Wagga Wagga. [14]