Moorabool railway station
Moorabool | ||||||||||||||||
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 Moorabool station building, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Geelong-Ballarat | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Closed | 21 December 1976 | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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
[edit]- ^ "Moorabool Railway Station (listing RNE3647)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
- ^ Jack cLean (September 1977). "Moorabool Station Closes". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 192.
- ^ "FORMER MOORABOOL RAILWAY STATION (listing VICH1579)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
- ^ "Former Moorabool Railway Station, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1579, Heritage Overlay HO312". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
External links
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Media related to Moorabool railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Rail Geelong: photos of the station
