Hopetoun railway station
Hopetoun Railway Station was a railway station on the Patchewollock railway line. It was opened in April of 1894 and closed to passengers in 1976 with the cessation of the railmotor service from Murtoa railway station. By 1956, the telegraph equipment was removed, by 1970, the turntable was removed and by 1977, the Station master was removed. The station building has since been removed, and only the Grain silos/goods shed remains.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Hopetoun | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Australia | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Patchewollock | |||||||||||||||
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Status | building demolished, silo remains | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | April 1894 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1976 (to passengers) | |||||||||||||||
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References[]
- ^ "VicRailStations - Hopetoun". VicRailStations.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hopetoun Railway Station". Railpage. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ "Hopetoun | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ Bibliophile (2013-01-20). "Wimmera...way back when: Railways - Patchewollock line". Wimmera...way back when. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
Coordinates: 35°43′50.5″S 142°21′41.5″E / 35.730694°S 142.361528°E
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Victoria (Australia)
- Victoria (Australia) railway station stubs