Wodonga railway station

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Wodonga
PTV regional rail station
Wodonga.jpg
Station front and entrance in September 2013
General information
LocationMoloney Drive,
Wodonga, Victoria 3690
City of Wodonga
Australia
Coordinates 36°06′21″S146°52′18″E / 36.10574340775901°S 146.87162516823904°E / -36.10574340775901; 146.87162516823904 Coordinates: 36°06′21″S146°52′18″E / 36.10574340775901°S 146.87162516823904°E / -36.10574340775901; 146.87162516823904
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Albury (North East)
Distance299.20 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks2
ConnectionsVictoria coach logo.svg Coach
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed
Station codeWOD
Fare zone Myki not available. Paper ticket only.
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened21 November 1873
Closed8 November 2008
Rebuilt25 June 2011;11 years ago (2011-06-25)
Services
Preceding station Victoria train logo.svg V/Line Following station
Chiltern Albury line Albury
Terminus
Former services
Terminus  Cudgewa line  Bandiana
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  
Location
Australia Victoria location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Wodonga
Location within Victoria

Wodonga railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Wodonga, and it opened on 25 June 2011. [1]

Contents

Opening as part of the Wodonga Rail Bypass project, it replaced the original station that opened on 21 November 1873 and closed on 9 November 2008.

Disused station Barnawartha is located between Wodonga and Chiltern.

History

As a terminus

Wodonga station was the original terminus of the Victorian Railways' North East line, which was built during the 1870s, with Wodonga opening on 21 November 1873. The connection through to the standard gauge system across the Murray River to Albury was not completed until 14 June 1883, partly because the New South Wales Government Railways standard gauge system had not yet extended as far south as Albury. [2] [3]

Intercolonial rivalries were settled by the building of lines and bridges of both gauges across the border river flats, with both Albury and Wodonga being transfer stations. Albury later became the passenger interchange station and the major freight transshipment point.

Standard gauge

In April 1962, the standard gauge line was extended south from Wodonga to Melbourne, and from that time onwards, most interstate haulage was on the standard gauge. Some broad gauge passenger trains still continued to operate to Albury, to provide a local service to north-eastern Victorian towns, but the long distance interstate freight and passenger trains operated via this new continuous standard gauge link between Melbourne and Sydney.

Livestock, mostly beef cattle, formed a large part of the freight carried to Melbourne from Wodonga, where large saleyards were established near the station. Meatworks were also one of Wodonga's main industries. After 1980, the saleyard was moved to Bandiana, east of Wodonga. Dual gauge rail access was constructed at this selling centre, which was adjacent to the Victorian Cudgewa branch line. Services on this branch were discontinued beyond Bandiana, and the Victorian rail system soon ceased livestock traffic. Cattle continued to be occasionally railed from northern NSW to Bandiana Saleyards until 1987, when this rail traffic also ceased. In later years, the sidings at Bandiana were used as a rail container terminal by standard gauge trains only, until closure of the line on 1 September 2009. [4]

Until November 2008, Pacific National operated broad gauge freight services from the Wodonga Coal Sidings to Geelong, carrying logs for woodchipping. [5]

Wodonga Rail Bypass

The Wodonga Rail Bypass project moved Wodonga station from the original central location to a position on a new line on the northern edge of the town, along with five kilometres of new track. The release of railway land allowed the redevelopment of Wodonga's commercial area, and eliminated ten level crossings. [6] First conceived in 2000, design work commenced in 2006. [7]

In May 2008, it was announced that the project would commence, as part of an upgrade of the North-East line. [8] The last passenger train passed through Wodonga on 8 November 2008, with road coaches operating between Seymour and Albury. [9] The first train passed through the new station site on 15 March 2010: a freight service delivering concrete sleepers. [10]

On 23 July 2010, the new rail bypass was opened, and the original line through Wodonga closed. [11] [12] [13] On 25 June 2011, the new station opened. [14] [15] The original station was later redeveloped as a restaurant. [16]

Platforms and services

Wodonga has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Albury line services. [17]

Platform 1:

V/Line operates road coaches from Wodonga station to Canberra, Albury, Seymour, Kerang, Wangaratta and Adelaide.

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References

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  2. "New South Wales and Victoria Railways – The Albury-Wodonga Junction". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1883. p. 5.
  3. Albury Vicsig
  4. Line Data Bandiana line Vicsig
  5. Midway Siding Rail Geelong
  6. "Roads, ports and freight - Wodonga Rail Bypass - Project overview". transport.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  7. "Roads, ports and freight - Wodonga Rail Bypass - News and media releases". transport.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  8. Federal-State Co-operation Delivers Major Rail Project Premier of Victoria 30 May 2008
  9. "V/line - Last hurrah for Wodonga". vline.com.au. Retrieved 29 December 2008.[ dead link ]
  10. "'Lovely' station but real test ahead". The Border Mail. 16 March 2010.
  11. TAA 0595-2010: Chiltern Loop – Albury South: Commissioning of Wodonga Rail Bypass Australian Rail Track Corporation 19 July 2010
  12. "A bypass milestone as freight train ambles in". The Border Mail. 27 June 2010.
  13. First train crosses Wodonga bypass Rail Express 11 August 2010
  14. Communities welcome V/Line trains back to the border Regional Development Victoria 25 June 2011
  15. Communities welcome V/Line tracks back to the border V/Line Voice issue 68 July 2011
  16. Rail land's toxic dirt removed Border Mail 8 May 2013
  17. Albury - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria