Wunghnu railway station

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Wunghnu
Wunghnu station overview.jpg
Looking south, grain silos and loop siding, with stabled track machines
General information
Line(s) Goulburn Valley
Platforms0
Tracks2
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1881
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tallygaroopna   Goulburn Valley line  Numurkah
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Wunghnu is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley line, in the township of Wunghnu, Victoria, Australia. The station opened at the same time as the railway from Shepparton to Numurkah on 1 September 1881, and was closed to freight in March 2003. [1] The loop siding to the grain silos remains, and has been used to stable track machines such as ballast tampers.

The passenger platform was reduced in length to 79m in 1974. [2]

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References

  1. Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
  2. "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1974. p. 90.

Coordinates: 36°09′17″S145°26′05″E / 36.15472°S 145.43472°E / -36.15472; 145.43472