Homebush railway station, Victoria
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Homebush railway station
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Homebush railway station as it stood in the 1890s. It was burnt out in the 1980s.
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| Coordinates | 37°03′47″S 143°32′07″E / 37.0631°S 143.5353°ECoordinates: 37°03′47″S 143°32′07″E / 37.0631°S 143.5353°E |
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| Opened | October 1874 |
| Closed | 2012 |
Homebush railway station is a former station on the Avoca railway line in Victoria, Australia. It served the gold-mining town of Homebush.
The first section of line was opened as a branch from Maryborough to Avoca in October 1874. The line originally ran for 24 kilometres in length but was later was extended to 62.8 kilometers in November 1890 which took it onto Ararat. Once completed, it formed a through route between two main lines. In 1888 the fares to Melbourne were 20s and 13s.
In July 1959 the line between Avoca and Ararat was closed.
In October 1966 the line was reopened, and in 1996 it was converted to standard gauge, along with the main Melbourne–Adelaide railway. The Avoca–Ararat section of the line has been unused for a number of years, and Pacific National used it to store over 100 surplus grain wagons until many of them were reactivated to carry the 2011–2012 harvest.
In 2017 the line is not being used.
In 2017, there is a proposal, entitled the "Murray Basin rail project", designed to link Mildura to Portland with standard gauge track to carry grain and mineral sands. This upgrading will include the Maryborough to Ararat section of the line, through Homebush.
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