Castlemaine railway station

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This article is about the station in Victoria, Australia. For the former station in Ireland, see Castlemaine railway station (Ireland).

Castlemaine
PTV regional rail and VGR heritage rail station
CastlemaineStation.JPG
Southbound view in December 2008
LocationKennedy Street,
Castlemaine, Victoria 3450
Shire of Mount Alexander
Australia
Coordinates37°03′47″S 144°12′51″E / 37.0630°S 144.2141°E / -37.0630; 144.2141Coordinates: 37°03′47″S 144°12′51″E / 37.0630°S 144.2141°E / -37.0630; 144.2141
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)
Distance125.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Train operators
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Staffed
Station codeCME
Fare zoneMyki Zone 9/10 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened21 October 1862 (1862-10-21)
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Malmsbury
towards Southern Cross
 Bendigo line Kangaroo Flat
towards Bendigo, Epsom or Eaglehawk
Echuca line Kangaroo Flat
towards Echuca
Malmsbury
One-way operation
 Swan Hill line
1 weekday & 1 weekend service
 Kangaroo Flat
towards Swan Hill
Kyneton
towards Southern Cross
 Swan Hill line
Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Muckleford
towards Maldon 		  Victorian Goldfields Railway   Terminus
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
  Deniliquin line   Harcourt
Muckleford
towards Maldon 		  Maldon line   Terminus

towards Maryborough 		  Moolort line   Terminus
Official nameCastlemaine Railway Precinct (Murray Valley Railway, Melbourne to Echuca)
Designated20 August 1982
Reference no.H1664[1]

Castlemaine railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Castlemaine, and it opened on 21 October 1862.[2][3]

The station is also the termini of the Maldon and Moolort lines, but no passenger revenue services currently operates on the latter line, with Victorian Goldfields Railway operating heritage services on the Maldon line.

In 1973, a turntable at the station was abolished.[2][3] On 9 July 1977, the passenger service to Maryborough was withdrawn,[3] and in 1978, a number of points were abolished, as was a crossover and the former carriage dock.[2][3]

Rationalisation of the former yard occurred during the late 1980s.[4] In 1989, signal boxes "A" and "B" were abolished, and replaced with a signal panel within the station office.[2][3][5] Mechanical points were also abolished, and all signals were replaced with two and three position signals.[2][3] Also in that year, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Parker Street level crossing, located in the Down direction of the station.[2][3]

On 17 December 2004, the Victorian Goldfields Railway was extended from Muckleford to Castlemaine.[3] On 17 January 2005, the signal panel was abolished.[5]

Disused stations Elphinstone and Taradale are located between Castlemaine and Malmsbury, while disused stations Harcourt and Ravenswood are located between Castlemaine and Kangaroo Flat. Demolished station Chewton was also located between Castlemaine and Malmsbury.

Platforms and services[]

Castlemaine has one island platform with two faces (Platforms 2 and 3) and one side platform (Platform 1). Platforms 1 and 2 are used by V/Line Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line services in both directions,[6][7] while Platform 3 is used by Victorian Goldfields Railway heritage services to Maldon.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Bendigo line  services to Bendigo, Epsom, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Swan Hill and Southern Cross

Platform 3:

Transport links[]

Castlemaine Bus Lines operates five routes via Castlemaine station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  1 : Castlemaine – Campbells Creek[9]
  •  2 : Castlemaine Town Loop[10]
  •  4 : to Maldon[11]
  •  5 : to Taradale[12]
  •  6 : to Chewton[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Castlemaine Railway Precinct (Murray Valley Rlwy, Melbourne to Echuca)". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Castlemaine Vicsig
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Castlemaine VR History
  4. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 89.
  5. ^ a b Castlemaine Signal Box (CME) Vicsig
  6. ^ Bendigo - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ^ Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  8. ^ Timetable Victorian Goldfields Railway
  9. ^ 1 Castlemaine - Campbells Creek Public Transport Victoria
  10. ^ 2 Castlemaine Town Loop Public Transport Victoria
  11. ^ 4 Castlemaine - Maldon Public Transport Victoria
  12. ^ 5 Castlemaine - Taradale via Chewton Public Transport Victoria
  13. ^ 6 Castlemaine - Chewton via Loddon Prison Public Transport Victoria

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