Toolamba is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of Toolamba, Victoria, Australia. The station opened as a junction at the same time as the railway from Mangalore to Shepparton on 13 January 1880,[1] with the line to Tatura opening on the same day.[2] The last passenger service to the station from Echuca ran on 2 March 1981 with Y class diesel locomotive Y161 hauling an ABE carriage and a C van. That consist had only been introduced a few months prior, with a DERM usually being rostered.[3] Toolamba finally closed as a station on 20 December 1987.[1]
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 Former station site, platform mound to the right, loop siding to the left, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line | Goulburn Valley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The platform was on the west side of the line, with a dirt mound and the foundations of the signal box remaining today. A water tower is located at the Seymour end of the station. Until 2012, there was a 725-metre-long loop siding, usable as a crossing loop, opposite the former platform.[4] The loop was disconnected at the up end in April 2021, leaving a dead-end siding with standing room of 258 metres.[5]
The junction with the line to Echuca is on the north (Shepparton) side of the level crossing, facing Seymour.
References
edit- 1 2 Whitehead, Bob (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
- ↑ Brown, Sid (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.
- ↑ Banger, Chris (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 77–82.
- ↑ V/Line. "Seymour to Tocumwal". Network Access Information Pack. www.vline.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
- ↑ "Toolamba". Vicsig. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
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