Castlemaine railway station

Castlemaine is a railway station in Castlemaine, a small city in Victoria, Australia. It was opened on 21 October 1862.[2] The station is located on the Deniliquin line, and is also the termini of the Maldon and Moolort lines, but no passenger revenue services currently operates on the latter two (however, Victorian Goldfields Railway operate heritage services on the Maldon line).

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
Southbound view in December 2008
LocationKennedy Street
Castlemaine, Victoria 3450
Australia
Coordinates37°03′47″S 144°12′51″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)
Distance125.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Train operators
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed
Station codeCME
Fare zone9
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened21 October 1862 (1862-10-21)
ElectrifiedNo
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 service
 Kangaroo Flat
towards Swan Hill
Kyneton
towards Southern Cross
 Swan Hill line
Weekdays only
Swan Hill line
Weekends only
 Bendigo
towards Swan Hill
Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Muckleford
towards Maldon		   Victorian Goldfields Railway   Terminus
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Chewton   Deniliquin line   Harcourt
Muckleford
towards Maldon		   Maldon line   Terminus
Campbell
towards Maryborough		   Moolort line   Terminus
Official nameCastlemaine Railway Precinct (Murray Valley Railway, Melbourne to Echuca)
Designated20 August 1982
Reference no.H1664[1]

Rationalisation of the former yard occurred during the late 1980s.[3]

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 & services

Castlemaine has one island platform (platforms 2 & 3) and one side platform (platform 1). Platforms 1 & 2 are used by Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill V/Line services in both directions,[4][5] while platform 3 is used by Victorian Goldfields Railway heritage services to Maldon.[6]

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. Castlemaine Vicsig
  3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1988. p. 89.
  4. Bendigo - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  5. Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. Timetable Victorian Goldfields Railway
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