Moorabool railway station explained

Moorabool
Style:Australian closed station
Platform:1
Tracks:1
Closed:21 December 1976
Status:Closed

Moorabool is a closed railway station on the Geelong–Ballarat railway line, in the locality of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia. Until 1864 it was called Steiglitz Road.[1] The station building was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1861, by a private contractor, and comprises a single-storey, gable-roofed, bluestone station building, with an attached two-storey residence.

The station was closed to all traffic on 21 December 1976,[2] but is still passed by The Overland and freight trains. The station building was sold in 1977 and currently serves as a private residence.[3] The building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[4] and the Register of the National Estate. It is located about 1.6 km east of another heritage railway structure, the Moorabool Viaduct.

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Notes and References

  1. 2008-09-28.
  2. September 1977. Moorabool Station Closes. Jack cLean. Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 192.
  3. 2008-09-28.
  4. 1579. 312.