Moorabool railway station

Moorabool is a closed railway station on the Geelong–Ballarat railway line, in the locality of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia. Until 1864 it was called Steiglitz Road.[1] The station building was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1861, by a private contractor, and comprises a single-storey, gable-roofed, bluestone station building, with an attached two-storey residence.

Moorabool
Moorabool station building
Line(s)Geelong-Ballarat
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Closed21 December 1976

The station was closed to all traffic on 21 December 1976,[2] but is still passed by The Overland and freight trains. The station building was sold in 1977 and currently serves as a private residence.[3] The building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[4] and the Register of the National Estate. It is located about 1.6 km east of another heritage railway structure, the Moorabool Viaduct.

References
  1. "Moorabool Railway Station (listing RNE3647)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  2. Jack cLean (September 1977). "Moorabool Station Closes". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 192.
  3. "FORMER MOORABOOL RAILWAY STATION (listing VICH1579)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  4. "Former Moorabool Railway Station, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1579, Heritage Overlay HO312". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
North Shore   Geelong-Ballarat line   Gheringhap
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

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