Swan Hill railway station

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Swan Hill
PTV regional rail station
Swan Hill railway station platform.jpg
Southbound view from platform looking at station building, June 2015
General information
LocationCurlewis Street,
Swan Hill, Victoria 3585
Rural City of Swan Hill
Australia
Coordinates 35°20′29″S143°33′45″E / 35.3415°S 143.5624°E / -35.3415; 143.5624
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Swan Hill (Piangil)
Distance345.29 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks6
ConnectionsVictoria coach logo.svg Coach
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed part-time
Station codeSWL
Fare zone Myki not available. Paper ticket only.
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened30 May 1890;135 years ago (1890-05-30)
Services
2 daily services to Southern Cross.
Trains travelling in the opposite direction terminate here.
Preceding station Victoria train logo.svg V/Line Following station
Kerang Swan Hill line Terminus
Former service
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Lake Boga
towards Bendigo
  Piangil line   Woorinen
towards Yungera
Location
Australia Victoria location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Swan Hill
Location within Victoria

Swan Hill railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Swan Hill, and it opened on 30 May 1890. [1] [2]

Contents

The station serves as the current terminus for V/Line's Swan Hill line services. Beyond the station, Pacific National and Southern Shorthaul Railroad grain trains continue to the line's terminus at Piangil. A goods shed and silos exist near the station.

A 70 ft. turntable was provided at the station in 1940, replacing a 50 ft. turntable. [1] The turntable was removed by September 1969. [1]

Demolished station Lake Boga was located between Swan Hill and Kerang.

The Swan Hill (Railways Act) 1973 (Vic) facilitated the exchange of railway land that the City of Swan Hill had been using as a caravan park to the Council, in exchange for the Swan Hill wharf sidings which were transferred to railway ownership after eighty years of occupation. [3]

Platforms and services

Swan Hill station has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Swan Hill line services. [4]

Platform 1:

V/Line operates a road coach service from Bendigo to Mildura via Swan Hill station. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Swan Hill Vicsig
  2. "The Swan Hill Terminator" Railway Digest December 2014 page 38
  3. Hansard (April 1974). "Swan Hill Land Swap". Newsrail . Vol. 2, no. 04. Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. p. 87. ISSN   0310-7477. OCLC   19676396.
  4. 1 2 Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  5. Mildura - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria