The station opened on 1 September 1881, as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton.[1] The line was extended north to Strathmerton and Cobram in October 1888, as well as a short distance west to Nathalia. The latter line was extended to Picola in 1896, as the Picola line,[2] with the junction located to the north of the station, at the down end.
New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969,[3] and were refurbished in 1985.[4] Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981, as part of the New Deal timetable, but were resumed in 1983. The final closure of the Cobram passenger service was in 1993, when it was cut back to Shepparton.[2]
During August 1998, the interlocked frame and signal quadrants at Numurkah were abolished, along with all fixed signals, signal posts, main line points, along with a number of sidings, including the road leading to the silos, and the turntable, leaving Numurkah unavailable for trains to cross. The main line was also realigned sightly at the down end of the yard.[5]
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Present facilities at the station include a disused platform, a station building, now leased to a local business, a footbridge over the tracks, and grain silos. The station once had a turntable but it has been replaced by a small garden.
Station building and platform, 2007
Disused turntable, 2007
Reservation of the closed Picola branch, headed west from the main line, 2007
numurkah, railway, station, numurkah, closed, railway, station, goulburn, valley, railway, line, which, once, served, town, same, name, victoria, australia, numurkahlooking, south, with, platform, right, 2007general, informationline, goulburn, valleyplatforms1. Numurkah is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway line which once served the town of the same name in Victoria Australia NumurkahLooking south with platform to the right 2007General informationLine s Goulburn ValleyPlatforms1Tracks1Other informationStatusClosedHistoryOpened1881Closed1993ServicesPreceding station Disused railways Following station Wunghnu Goulburn Valley line Katunga Junction Picola line Waaia List of closed railway stations in Victoria History editThe station opened on 1 September 1881 as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton 1 The line was extended north to Strathmerton and Cobram in October 1888 as well as a short distance west to Nathalia The latter line was extended to Picola in 1896 as the Picola line 2 with the junction located to the north of the station at the down end New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969 3 and were refurbished in 1985 4 Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981 as part of the New Deal timetable but were resumed in 1983 The final closure of the Cobram passenger service was in 1993 when it was cut back to Shepparton 2 During August 1998 the interlocked frame and signal quadrants at Numurkah were abolished along with all fixed signals signal posts main line points along with a number of sidings including the road leading to the silos and the turntable leaving Numurkah unavailable for trains to cross The main line was also realigned sightly at the down end of the yard 5 Station editPresent facilities at the station include a disused platform a station building now leased to a local business a footbridge over the tracks and grain silos The station once had a turntable but it has been replaced by a small garden nbsp Station building and platform 2007 nbsp Disused turntable 2007 nbsp Reservation of the closed Picola branch headed west from the main line 2007References edit Bob Whitehead 2008 Tocumwal Railway Centenary a b Sid Brown March 1990 Tracks Across the State Newsrail Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division pp 71 76 Winter Vincent Adams 1990 VR and VicRail 1962 1983 p 205 ISBN 0 9592069 3 0 Works Newsrail Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division May 1985 p 147 Works Newsrail Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division October 1998 p 317 36 05 33 S 145 26 14 E 36 0924 S 145 4371 E 36 0924 145 4371 nbsp nbsp This article about a railway station in Victoria state is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Numurkah railway station amp oldid 1183015925, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
