Bandiana railway station

Bandiana
regional rail
General information
LocationAustralia
Coordinates36°08′56″S 146°56′08″E / 36.1490°S 146.9356°E / -36.1490; 146.9356
Operated byVictorian Railways
Line(s)Cudgewa
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened10 September 1889
Closed1 September 2009
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wodonga   Cudgewa line   Bonegilla
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Bandiana was a closed station located in the town of Bandiana, on the Cudgewa railway line in Victoria, Australia. Originally opening on the 10 September 1889 the station saw passenger service until September 1961.[1] Part of the Cudgewa railway line was converted to dual gauge in 1944 to serve freight depots around Bandiana. From 1995, the broad gauge track was removed making Bandiana yard standard gauge track only.[2] The Wodonga-Bandiana section closed on 1 September 2009 as part of the Wodonga Rail Bypass project.[3]

Bandiana railway station was previously used to bogie exchange railway equipment from standard gauge to broad gauge or vice versa. Victoria's first Mainline diesel, B class No.60, was gauge converted at Bandiana during its delivery from Clyde Engineering to the Victorian Railways in 1952.[4] When through running between Victoria and New South Wales commenced, the need for bogie exchange Facilities at Bandiana ceased.

Today a portion of Bandiana railway yard is still intact with signaling infrastructure and railway track. There is nothing left of the station building or platform.

References

  1. ^ Anchen, Nick (2013). A railway to Cudgewa. Melbourne: Sierra Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9807640-5-5.
  2. ^ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ Master, Web (26 September 2008). "Works start on major project to build Wodonga bypass". ARTC. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ Bermingham, Peter L. (1982). The ML2 story: the history of the Victorian Railways' famous B class diesel-electric locomotive. Bacchus Marsh, Vic. [Australia]: Railway Traction Research Group. ISBN 978-0-9598392-9-6.


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