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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Talbot Railway Station

Talbot railway station is a regional railway station on the Mildura line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Talbot, in Victoria, Australia. Talbot station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 2 February 1875, with the current station provided in 2013. It initially closed on 12 September 1993, then reopened on 22 December 2013.

The station closed on 12 September 1993, when The Vinelander service to Mildura was withdrawn and replaced by road coaches. When rail passenger services from Ballarat to Maryborough resumed in July 2010, Talbot station was not reopened. In February 2010, the crossing loop and siding were abolished.

In November 2010, the State Government announced the station would reopen, and that occurred on 22 December 2013. A new platform and shelter were built as part of the reopening, as the original station was and currently still is now used as a nursery and railway museum.

In 2016-2017, the station was one of the least-patronised in Victoria, with annual passenger movements of 1,121, or about 3.07 passengers a day. In 2020-2021, the station recorded the second-lowest patronage in the state with 350 passenger movements - less than one passenger a day.

Platforms and services

Talbot has one platform. It is served by V/Line Maryborough line trains.

Platform 1:

V/Line operates road coach services via Talbot station, from Melbourne and Ballarat to Donald and Mildura.

References

  1. ^ Talbot Vicsig
  2. ^ "Signalling & Infrastructure". Railway Digest. Australian Railway Historical Society (NSW Division): 56. May 2010.
  3. ^ Coalition announces Talbot train package Maryborough Advertiser 26 November 2010
  4. ^ Tiny Talbot back on track: train service to resume 20 years after stopping ABC News 19 December 2013
  5. ^ Reopening Talbot Station Public Transport Victoria
  6. ^ "VLine Station Patronage 2013-2017.xlsx". Google Docs. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ "VLine Station Patronage 2013-2021.xlsx". Google Docs. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  8. ^ Maryborough – Melbourne via Ballarat Public Transport Victoria
  9. ^ Mildura – Melbourne Public Transport Victoria