| Moriac | |
| Style: | Australian closed station |
| Platform: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Opened: | 1 October 1877 |
| Closed: | 4 October 1981 |
| Status: | Closed |
Moriac is a closed station on the Warrnambool railway line, located in the town of Moriac, Victoria. The station opened on 1 October 1877,[1] and was one of 35 stations in Victoria, and five on the Warrnambool line, which were closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the so-called New Deal for country passengers.[2] [3]
Moriac station was the junction of the short branch line south to Wensleydale, which opened in 1889, and was closed in 1948.[2]
The station was the scene of a fatal accident in April 1952. A woman was killed when a Melbourne-bound train collided with a Warrnambool-bound train which was still shunting into siding at the station to allow the Melbourne-bound train to pass it on the single track. The victim was in the first carriage of the Melbourne-bound train, which was telescoped after being forced into the tender of the locomotive.[4]
The bluestone platform facing remains, along with the earth goods loading bank, and a wooden buffer stop.[2]