Bowser railway station

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Bowser
General information
Line(s) North East
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened7 July 1875
Closed13 April 1987
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wangaratta   North East line  Springhurst
Junction  Peechelba East line  Boorhaman
Junction  Bright line  Londrigan
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Bowser is a closed railway station located just north of the city of Wangaratta, on the North East line, in Victoria, Australia. It served as the junction for the Peechelba East and Bright branch lines. The location was finally abolished as a block point after the conversion of the broad gauge line to form a centralised traffic control double track railway in 2010. [1]

History

The railway through the station north to Wodonga opened in November 1873, but the station did not come into being until September 1875, when work began on the branch line to Beechworth. The station opened to traffic as Beechworth Junction on 7 July 1875, and was renamed Bowser in 1922, after John Bowser, a local politician and former Premier of Victoria. [2]

The station buildings dated to 1890, but interchange of goods traffic between the branch and main line was handled at Wangaratta, six kilometres to the south. In 1927, the station became a three-way junction, when the line to Peechelba East was opened. Freight facilities included bulk grain storage, livestock loading ramps, and a fertiliser store. [2] Passenger facilities were not provided until 2 February 1891, and the station was closed to passenger traffic on 1 October 1972.

Bowser closed entirely on 13 April 1987, when the line to Everton (the last section of the Beechworth line) closed. The signal box was abolished during the same year, along with all points and signals, the former grain storage, and the disestablishment of the station as a staff station. [3] Despite the line to Everton officially closing on 13 April, the standard gauge crossing had been dismantled in February of that year. [4] The Peechelba East line had closed a year earlier, in 1986. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Bowser Block Point". vicsig.net. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 Turton, Keith W. (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 104. ISBN   0-85849-012-9.
  3. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1987. p. 219.
  5. ↑ Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.

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