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]
Swan Hill | |||||||||||||
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| PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||||
 Southbound view from platform looking at station building, 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 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 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 | SWH | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | ||||||||||||
| 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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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
editSwan Hill station has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Swan Hill line services.[4]
Platform 1:
- Swan Hill line services to and from Southern Cross
Transport links
editV/Line operates a road coach service from Bendigo to Mildura via Swan Hill station.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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: ARHS Victoria Division. p. 87. ISSN 0310-7477. OCLC 19676396.
- ^ a b Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Mildura - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
edit- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au