Kilmore East railway station

Kilmore East railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia, serving the town of Kilmore East. It opened on 18 April 1872.[1] The town of Kilmore is located some distance to the west at a much higher elevation, and was unable to be served directly by the main line railway.

Kilmore East
LocationOgradys Road, Kilmore East
Australia
Coordinates37°17′37″S 144°59′01″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)North East
Distance63.49 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking116
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeKME
Fare zoneMyki Zone 3/4 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened18 April 1872
Previous namesKilmore
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Wandong
towards Southern Cross
 Seymour line Broadford
towards Seymour
Shepparton line Broadford
towards Shepparton

A siding is located at the down end of the station, which is used to load material from the Apex quarry. A disused goods shed is also located at the station. There is a staffed signal box.

History

The station opened as Kilmore on 18 April 1872, the line having opened in the same year, as part of the North East line to Wodonga. Located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town, the locality had been surveyed for a new town to be called Gavan Duffy, but that did not eventuate. The opening of a branch line from Kilmore Junction to Kilmore in 1888 saw the station renamed Kilmore East, with a new Kilmore railway station built closer to town on the new line.[2]

A timber building was provided on the down platform in 1878, to replace four temporary structures. A temporary refreshment room operated at the station in 1873, until the one at Seymour station was opened. The present station building dates to 1939.[2]

By 1878, a number of sidings for timber loading existed, and interlocking of signals was provided in 1899. A new lever frame was provided in 1914 when more sidings were added.[3] The former locomotive water tank was dismantled on 7 April 1973.[4]

The quarry siding was opened three kilometres north of Kilmore East in 1976, but the majority of the other sidings had been removed by the late 1980s.[3]

In 2008, construction began on a seven-kilometre-long "passing lane" on the parallel standard gauge line, as part of the Australian Rail Track Corporation's Melbourne-Sydney upgrade project. The extended passing loop runs from south of Kilmore East station, north towards Broadford.[5]

Platforms & services

Kilmore East has two side platforms. It is served by V/Line Seymour line and Shepparton line trains.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Mitchell Transit operates one route to and from Kilmore East station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  • Kilmore Town Service [7]

References
  1. Kilmore East Vicsig
  2. Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 90. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
  3. Andrew Waugh. "Victorian Station Histories - Kilmore East" (PDF). VR History. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  4. "Way and Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1973. p. 93.
  5. Program of Works South Improvement Alliance
  6. Seymour - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
  7. "Kilmore Town Service". Public Transport Victoria.
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