Kangaroo Flat railway station

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Kangaroo Flat
PTV regional rail station
Kangaroo Flat Station.JPG
Southbound view from Platform 1 looking at station building, January 2010
General information
Location2B Short Street,
Kangaroo Flat, Victoria 3555
City of Greater Bendigo
Australia
Coordinates 36°47′42″S144°14′55″E / 36.7950°S 144.2487°E / -36.7950; 144.2487
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Bendigo Echuca Swan Hill
(Deniliquin)
Distance157.36 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2
Tracks2
ConnectionsVictoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed part-time
Station codeKFT
Fare zone Myki Zone 12/13 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 February 1874;150 years ago (1874-02-01)
Previous namesKangaroo
(9 May 1904–17 July 1916)
Services
Preceding station Victoria train logo.svg V/Line Following station
Castlemaine
towards Southern Cross
Bendigo line Bendigo
Terminus
Bendigo
Weekdays only
towards Eaglehawk or Epsom
Echuca line Bendigo
towards Echuca
Swan Hill line Bendigo
towards Swan Hill
Former service
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ravenswood   Deniliquin line   Golden Square
Official nameKangaroo Flat Railway Station Complex
Designated20 August 1982
Reference no.H1565 [1]
Location
Australia Victoria location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Kangaroo Flat
Location within Victoria

Kangaroo Flat railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the southern Bendigo suburb of Kangaroo Flat, and it opened on 1 February 1874. It was renamed Kangaroo on 9 May 1904, and it was renamed Kangaroo Flat on 17 July 1916. [2]

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History

The contract for the construction of Kangaroo Flat was let in 1862. In 1904, it was renamed Kangaroo, resuming its original identity in 1916. By 1926, facilities included a signal frame, a pair of side platforms on the double track line, a goods siding and shed on the eastern side of the line, and a crossover between tracks. In 1938, the stationmaster was withdrawn, with the station being worked by the porter-in-charge, under "caretaker" conditions. [3]

From 1889, the station was a block point, under the Winters Block system, but it could be "switched out" in times of quieter traffic. That status remained until 1980, when the signal box was only "switched in" when required. In 1987, the signal box was closed, and all points and signals removed. [3] [4]

After a fire in 1990 that caused extensive damage, the station building was left unused, and only two trains per weekday stopped at the station. [5] In 2002, the exterior of the station building and the former goods shed were restored. [6] The Regional Fast Rail project in 2005 saw the line towards Melbourne singled south of the station. [7]

Following a community-led campaign for better services in Bendigo's southern growth corridor, an upgrade of the station was announced in February 2008, involving the construction of a new booking office, a 50-bay car park and bus interchange, and the refurbishment of the waiting room. [8] In January 2014, the platforms were extended, to accommodate longer trains. [9]

Disused stations Ravenswood and Harcourt are located between Kangaroo Flat and Castlemaine, whilst disused station Golden Square is located between Kangaroo Flat and Bendigo.

Accidents and incidents

On 15 February 2017, V/Line VLocity set VL34 derailed after colliding with a vehicle that had been abandoned on the line near Kangaroo Flat. Two people were taken to hospital. [10]

Platforms and services

Kangaroo Flat has two side platforms. Platform 1 is used by almost all V/Line Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line services travelling in both directions. Platform 2 is used by one Bendigo line service towards Eaglehawk every weekday. [11]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Christian's Bus Company operates one route via Kangaroo Flat station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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References

  1. ↑ "Kangaroo Flat Railway Station Complex". Victorian Heritage Database . Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Kangaroo Flat Vicsig
  3. 1 2 Kangaroo Flat Victorian Station Histories
  4. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Kangaroo Flat is back V/Line Voice issue 35 April 2008
  6. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2002. p. 186.
  7. ↑ Locals may lose services due to Fast Rail project ABC News 11 June 2004
  8. ↑ Liberals say petition prompts Kangaroo Flat train station revamp ABC News 13 February 2008
  9. ↑ Plan to extend V/Line platforms Bendigo Advertiser 8 January 2014
  10. ↑ "Bendigo train, car collide near Kangaroo Flat". Bendigo Advertiser. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Bendigo - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  12. ↑ 5 Huntly - Kangaroo Flat via Bendigo Station Public Transport Victoria
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