Albury railway station
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Albury
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Station front in May 2010
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| Location | Railway Place, Albury Australia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 534 feet (163 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink V/Line |
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| Line(s) | New South Wales Main South Victorian North East |
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| Distance | 642.40 kilometres from Central 304.90 kilometres from Southern Cross |
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| Platforms | 2 (1 side, 1 dock) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | NSW: ABX Vic: ALY |
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| Fare zone | Myki zone 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 February 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albury railway station is located on the New South Wales/Victorian border city of Albury. Designed and constructed under the supervision of John Whitton, it opened on 26 February 1882, replacing a temporary structure opened on 3 February 1881 when the Main South line was extended from Gerogery.[1][2][3] The premiers of both New South Wales and Victoria attended the official opening of the 1881 station, marking the first time in Australian history that two colonial premiers had appeared together publicly.[4]
By 1873 the Victorian line was complete as far as Wodonga, and so a rail trip between Sydney and Melbourne required the use of a short stagecoach connection to cross the Murray River. The Victorian Railways' broad gauge line from Wodonga opened on 14 June 1883.[5][6]
The New South Wales Government Railways were built to the standard gauge, which meant travellers in both directions had to change trains at Albury. This resulted in a 455 metres (1,493 ft) long platform being built to accommodate that move, then the longest in Australia.[7]
In April 1962, a new standard gauge line to Melbourne's Spencer Street station opened and thus the Intercapital Daylight, Southern Aurora and Spirit of Progress began to operate without the need to change trains. However the Riverina Express continued to terminate at Albury until November 1993 with passengers transferring to V/Line services to continue into Victoria.
Albury had extensive transshipment facilities with all freight also required to be transferred. Later a bogie change facility was opened. It also featured locomotive and carriage depots.[3] Much of the yard was demolished to make way for the Hume Highway bypass in 2005.
Platforms & services
Albury is served by NSW TrainLink XPT services from Sydney Central to Melbourne Southern Cross services[8] and terminating V/Line services to and from Melbourne Southern Cross.[9]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | Services to Melbourne and Sydney | ||
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| 2 | V/Line Albury line | services to services to & from Southern Cross |
Transport links
Greyhound Australia operate three service from Canberra to Melbourne via Albury station.[10][11]
NSW TrainLink operate road coach services from Albury station to Echuca.[8]
V/Line operate road coach services from Albury station to Adelaide, Canberra, Shepparton and Seymour.[9][12][13][14]
References
- ↑ Opening of the Railway to Albury Sydney Morning Herald 4 February 1881 page 3
- ↑ Albury Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Albury Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
- ↑ Terry G. Birtles School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical; Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. Contested places for Australia’s capital city. Retrieved 25 July 2014
- ↑ New South Wales and Victoria Railways – The Albury-Wodonga Junction Sydney Morning Herald 15 June 1883 page 5
- ↑ Albury Vicsig
- ↑ The platform that stretches all the way back to the birth of a nation Destination Albury Wodonga
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Albury - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Canberra-Melbourne timetable Greyhound Australia 5 April 2015
- ↑ Melbourne-Canberra timetable Greyhound Australia 5 April 2015
- ↑ Sydney - Adelaide Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Shepparton - Sydney Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Canberra - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Rail Geelong gallery
