Swan Hill railway station
Swan Hill | |||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from platform in June 2015 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Curlewis Street, Swan Hill, Victoria 3585 Rural City of Swan Hill Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°20′29″S 143°33′45″E / 35.3415°S 143.5624°E | ||||||||||||
| System | PTV regional rail station | ||||||||||||
| Owner | VicTrack | ||||||||||||
| Operator | V/Line | ||||||||||||
| Line | Swan Hill (Piangil) | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 345.29 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Coach | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational, staffed part-time | ||||||||||||
| Station code | SWL | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 29 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 30 May 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
| 2 daily services to Southern Cross. Trains travelling in the opposite direction terminate here.
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Swan Hill railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Swan Hill, and it opened on 30 May 1890.[1][2]
The station serves as the current terminus for V/Line's Swan Hill line services. Beyond the station, Pacific National and Southern Shorthaul Railroad grain trains continue to the line's terminus at Piangil. A goods shed and silos exist near the station.
A 70 ft. turntable was provided at the station in 1940, replacing a 50 ft. turntable.[1] The turntable was removed by September 1969.[1]
Demolished station Lake Boga was located between Swan Hill and Kerang.
The Swan Hill (Railways Act) 1973 (Vic) facilitated the exchange of railway land that the City of Swan Hill had been using as a caravan park to the Council, in exchange for the Swan Hill wharf sidings which were transferred to railway ownership after eighty years of occupation.[3]
Platforms and services
Swan Hill station has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Swan Hill line services.[4]
| Swan Hill platform arrangement | ||||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Via | Source |
| 1 | Swan Hill line | Southern Cross | Bendigo | [5] |
Historic services (mail)
In the early to mid 1980s D vans, each with up to 25 t (25 long tons; 28 short tons) capacity, were attached to passenger trains and run loaded from Melbourne each evening and, on arrival, detached and shunted to the goods shed, returning empty on the next morning service. Perishable goods from Swan Hill could be loaded into the normal van attached to each passenger train, but that was a very rare occurrence. Non-perishable goods for Kerang would be railed through to Swan Hill and dropped off at Kerang on the return trip the next day. Other goods from Swan Hill were generally dispatched by normal goods trains, attached to block oil or grain trains.[6]: 311–312
Transport links
V/Line operates a road coach service from Bendigo to Mildura via Swan Hill station.[4][7]
Further reading
- Swan Hill freight centre - Newsrail, August 1986[8]: 246
References
- 1 2 3 Swan Hill Vicsig
- ↑ "The Swan Hill Terminator" Railway Digest December 2014 page 38
- ↑ Hansard (April 1974). "Swan Hill Land Swap". Newsrail. Vol. 2, no. 04. Vic: Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 87. ISSN 0310-7477. OCLC 19676396.
- 1 2 Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ "V/Line Swan Hill Line timetable". V/Line. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
- ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Vol. 14, no. 10. Vic: Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). October 1986. pp. 311–314. ISSN 0310-7477. OCLC 19676396.
- ↑ Mildura - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Vol. 14, no. 08. Vic: Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). August 1986. pp. 246–247. ISSN 0310-7477. OCLC 19676396.
External links
- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au