Wangaratta | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view from Platform 1, September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Spearing Street, Wangaratta,Victoria 3677 Rural City of Wangaratta Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°21′18″S146°19′01″E / 36.3549°S 146.3170°E /-36.3549; 146.3170 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| System | PTVregional andNSW TrainLinkinter-city rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | AlburySouthern (North East) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 234.00 kilometres (145.40 mi) from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational, staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | WAG | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 28 October 1873; 152 years ago (1873-10-28) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 27 May 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wangaratta railway station is aregional railway station on theNorth East line, it serves the town ofWangaratta, in Victoria, Australia. Wangaratta is a ground level staffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 October 1873, with the current station provided in May 2025.[1]
When Wangaratta opened, it was the temporary terminus of the line fromBenalla, before it was extended toWodonga on 21 November 1873.
Agoods shed is located across from the main platform, but has nosiding, and the goods shed office was demolished in 1978.[2]Dock platforms were once located at both ends of the station. There are footbridges at both the south end of the platform and over the northern end of the yard.
The main platform and station building is located to the east of thestandard gauge "West" line. The original standard gauge line runs in a concrete walled cutting, located between the station and adjoining street, with a number of bridges crossing this cutting to provide station access (this cutting was completed by mid-1960).[3] The platform on the standard gauge "east" line runs through a cutting at theMelbourne end of the station. AlumattaLoop, on the original standard gauge line, used to be to the south of the station, past the Sisely Avenue level crossing, but it was booked out of use in February 2011, and was removed shortly afterwards.[4]
Initial facilities at the station included a goods shed and a temporary station building. A brick station building, identical to that atBenalla, was opened in 1874, with a two-storey brick tower added at the Melbourne end in 1897. A largesignal box was provided in 1887, and extended in 1908, when the goods yard was expanded and the current goods shed provided.[5]
A small locomotive depot was provided in 1882, with a dual gauge 50-foot (15 m) longturntable provided in 1898. Wangaratta was the junction for theWhitfield2 ft 6 in (762 mm)narrow gauge railway line, which opened in 1899, branching from the main line at the southern end of the station. That line was closed in 1953.[6]
When the Albury - Melbournestandard gauge line was constructed to the east of the station in the early 1960s, extensive works were required to thread it through the former narrow railway reserve. The locomotive depot and turntable were relocated from the east side to the west side of the line, and newgrade separations were provided at Rowan Street to the north, and Roy Street to the south. In 1965, siding "D" was abolished.[1]
In 1973, minor modifications were made to the station building.[7] In 1977, the oil siding at the station was abolished.[1]
During 1984, the passenger facilities in the main station building were refurbished,[8] and were re-opened on 9 November of the same year.[9]
In 1989, the cattle siding and siding "F" were abolished.[1] Further sidings were abolished in 1992, including sidings "C" and "J", as well as a number of dead-end extensions andpoints.[1]
During June/July 1997, the Wangaratta signal box was abolished.Signalling andinterlocked points were also abolished at that time.[10]
In 1998, formerNew South Wales regional passenger operator,CountryLink, rebuilt the standard gauge platform.[11] The works included replacing the original deck with a steel one, covered with a concrete surface, refurbishing the platform shelters, and installing new lighting, fencing, seating and bins.[11]
During the 2011, as part of the conversion of thebroad gauge line to standard gauge, all remaining sidings were disconnected. The station now has no loop or non-platform tracks, and is essentially only a "through" station.
Former stations atWinton andGlenrowan were situated between Wangaratta and Benalla, while the former station atBowser was between Wangaratta andSpringhurst.
Wangaratta has twoside platforms, with platform 2 being opened in April 2025 as part of Inland Rail works.[12]
It is served byV/LineAlbury line trains, andNSW TrainLinkXPTSydney toMelbourne services.[13][14]
| Wangaratta platform arrangement | ||||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Service Type | Notes |
| 1 | Albury line NSW TrainLink Southern | Southern Cross | All stations and limited express services | |
| 2 | Albury line NSW TrainLink Southern | Albury,Sydney | All stations | |
Fallons Wangaratta operates two bus routes via Wangaratta station, under contract toPublic Transport Victoria:
V/Line operates road coach services from Wangaratta station toBendigo,[17]Corowa,[18]Bright[19] andBeechworth.
![Northbound view of the eastern platform, March 2015. Built to serve Sydney-Melbourne passenger trains on the original standard gauge line, the platform was demolished and replaced by a new platform to the west of the existing station as a part of Inland Rail works[20]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aWangaratta_railway_station_eastern_platform.jpg)
