Taradale | ||||||||||||||||
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 Taradale Station, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Bendigo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1862 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 18 November 1976 | |||||||||||||||
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Taradale railway station was located was on the Bendigo line, 108 km (67 mi) from Southern Cross station, and served the township of Taradale.
The line through the station was originally double track, but the section north of Kyneton station was reduced to a single track as a result of the Regional Fast Rail project. However, there is a 7.7 km (4.8 mi) crossing loop which incorporates the section of track through the former station, together with the nearby 198 m (650 ft) Taradale Viaduct and the closed Elphinstone station, further towards Bendigo.[1][2]
Taradale was de-staffed by 1974,[3] before closing to all business on 18 November 1976.[4] The bluestone station building survives and is now a private residence, under lease from VicTrack.[5][6]
- ^ "Long Double Track Sections To Provide For High-Quality Services On Bendigo Rail Line". Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria. 17 November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Line Data Bendigo Line". www.vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1974. p. 136.
- ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1977. p. 10.
- ^ "Taradale Railway Station". Taradale Community. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Address available on request, Taradale, VIC 3447". realcommercial.com.au. REA Group. Retrieved 11 July 2022.