Elphinstone | ||||||||||||||||
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 Elphinstone railway station, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line | Bendigo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 October 1862 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 4 October 1981 | |||||||||||||||
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Elphinstone railway station was located on the Bendigo line, serving the Victorian town of the same name. The station opened in October 1862, [1] and was closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the New Deal timetable for country passengers. [2]
The Elphinstone station building is listed by the National Trust, and there are only two other similar ones in Victoria. It is a single-storey brick building with a hipped roof, quoining, and rendered window dressings with stone sills. A goods shed, with polychrome brickwork and granite trimmings, is situated at the Melbourne end of the main platform. It is equipped with a hand-operated crane dating back to the opening of the line. [3] The station building is now leased as a private residence.
In 1988, all points and signals, and the interlocked signal frame, were abolished. [4] The double line block sections, [5] Kyneton to Elphinstone and Elphinstone to Castlemaine "A" signal box, were abolished, and replaced with a double line block section, Kyneton to Castlemaine "A" box. [4]
