Tabilk railway station

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Tabilk
Tabilk station site.jpg
Looking south towards the former station site, platform mound to the left
General information
Line(s) Goulburn Valley
Platforms0
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1880
Closed1987
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Mangalore   Goulburn Valley line  Nagambie
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Tabilk is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the township of Tabilk, Victoria, Australia. The station opened at the same time as the railway from Mangalore to Shepparton on 13 January 1880 and closed in 1985. [1] The platform was on the east side of the line, with the dirt mound remaining today. Prior to its closure, in 1975, the platform was shortened at the up (towards Spencer Street) end of the station. [2]

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References

  1. Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
  2. "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 18.

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