Mooroopna railway station
Mooroopna railway station is located on the Tocumwal line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Mooroopna, and opened on 13 January 1880.[1][2]
Mooroopna | |||||||||||
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 Westbound view in July 2008 | |||||||||||
| Location | Young Street, Mooroopna Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°23′57″S 145°21′28″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tocumwal | ||||||||||
| Distance | 177.00 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 10 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | MPA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki Zone 14 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 13 January 1880 | ||||||||||
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A siding for the SPC Ardmona fruit factory is located across from the station, and is served by Pacific National services. All sidings at the station, with the exception of the siding serving SPC Ardmona, were abolished in 1991.[3]
Demolished station Toolamba was located between Mooroopna and Murchison East.
On the 13th of January 2018, a suspicious fire burnt the station building to the ground in the early hours of the morning.[4]
Platforms & services
Murchison East has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Shepparton line services.[5]
Platform 1:
- Shepparton line: services to Shepparton & Southern Cross
References
- Mooroopna Vicsig
- Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
- "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1991. p. 187.
- Mooroopna train station destroyed by suspicious fire Herald Sun 13 January 2018
- Shepparton - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
External links
- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
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