Kilmore railway station

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Coordinates 37°17′52″S144°56′53″E / 37.297848°S 144.947963°E / -37.297848; 144.947963
History
Opened1 October 1888

Kilmore railway station was a railway station servicing the town of Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. It was located on Rutledge Street, Kilmore, to the east of Assumption College. [1]

It opened on 1 October 1888 along with the first section of the Heathcote branch line. [2] The town had previously been served by a Kilmore station east of the town on the main North East railway line, which was renamed Kilmore East railway station upon its opening. [3] The station was serviced by the Bylands Railway Reservoir. [4]

The local council pressed for the construction of refreshment rooms in 1889, and these were in operation by 1896. [5] [6]

There was a train accident at the station in 1892 and a benzene explosion there in 1903. [7] [8]

It was the junction station for the short-lived Lancefield railway line from 1892 to 1897, after which that line (which had been a through line to Clarkefield railway station) was truncated to a spur line from Clarkefield to Lancefield). [9]

In 1912, it was reported that there had been frequent complaints made about the station being undermanned. [10] The refreshment rooms were destroyed by fire in 1918. There were delays in rebuilding the station due to the low passenger traffic on the branch line [11] [12] They were later rebuilt, though were the subject of complaints that the rebuilt rooms were inadequate. [13]

It was closed to passengers in August 1965. The line through Kilmore closed to all traffic in November 1968. [14]

In 2018, the local council voted to alter the planning scheme to allow for development on the vacant former station site. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Panel Report - Mitchell Planning Scheme Amendment C123". Mitchell Shire Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "RAILWAY OPENING TO KILMORE". Kilmore Free Press . Victoria, Australia. 4 October 1888. p. 4 (MORNING.). Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  3. ↑ Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 90. ISBN   0-85849-012-9.
  4. ↑ "KILMORE WATER TRUST". Kilmore Free Press . Victoria, Australia. 14 May 1891. p. 2 (MORNING.). Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "KILMORE SHIRE COUNCIL". Kilmore Free Press . Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1889. p. 3 (MORNING.). Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  6. ↑ "KILMORE WATER TRUST". Kilmore Free Press . Victoria, Australia. 4 June 1896. p. 3 (MORNING.). Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ "THE KILMORE RAILWAY ACCIDENT". The Argus (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 31 December 1892. p. 9. Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  8. ↑ "BENZINE EXPLOSION". The Herald . Victoria, Australia. 25 July 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  9. ↑ "Railway history". Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kilmore Station Undermanned". The Herald . Victoria, Australia. 20 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  11. ↑ "ITEMS OF INTEREST". The Argus (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 19 August 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  12. ↑ ""Voluble Revolutionists."". Kilmore Free Press . Victoria, Australia. 23 January 1919. p. 2 (MORNING). Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  13. ↑ "FAULTY REFRESHMENT ROOMS". The Age . Victoria, Australia. 11 February 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 22 February 2020– via Trove.
  14. ↑ "1960 to 1969". Axerail. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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