Seymour railway station, Victoria

Seymour
Southbound view of Platform 2 in July 2008
Location	Station Street, Seymour
Coordinates	37°01′28″S 145°08′18″E / 37.0245°S 145.1384°E / -37.0245; 145.1384Coordinates: 37°01′28″S 145°08′18″E / 37.0245°S 145.1384°E / -37.0245; 145.1384
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	North East
Distance	98.70 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	SEY
Fare zone	Myki zone 6
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	20 November 1872
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Tallarook toward Southern Cross Shepparton line Terminus Shepparton line () Nagambie toward Shepparton Broadmeadows toward Southern Cross North East line Avenel toward Albury Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Broadmeadows towards Melbourne NSW TrainLink Southern Melbourne XPT Benalla towards Sydney

Seymour railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the town of Seymour. It opened on 20 November 1872.

A locomotive depot previously operated north of the station. Today it is the home of the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre and is still used to stable V/Line trains. The station also had a goods yard opposite the main passenger platform. North of Seymour the branches off.

The railway line to Seymour officially opened on 20 November 1872. Due to the bridge over the Goulburn River not being finished, the line from Essendon station had opened on 18 April 1872 as far as a temporary terminus at School House Lane.

Former station Mangalore was located north of Seymour at the junction of the North East and Shepparton lines. School House Lane / Dysart Sidings / Goulburn Junction was located between Seymour and Tallarook.

When the station opened only a single platform was provided, with temporary timber station buildings and three tracks. A brick building was erected in 1874/75, with extensions and alterations made in 1883/84, including a new street façade. In 1886 a subway was provided to the platform from Station Street, and in 1887 the street entrance to the station was removed to permit the opening of the back platform. A level crossing was constructed to provide access to the station. There were more alterations in 1926.

To support the station, a number of Departmental Residences were erected by the Victorian Railways to house railway employees and their families. Around the start of the 20th century there were 29, increasing to 82 by the 1960s. They have since been sold to private owners.

Although the station looks like one large building from Station Street, it is made up of numerous smaller buildings behind a common façade. The refreshment room is a grand two-storey building, while the ticket office and waiting room is a collection of smaller buildings. Though the standard gauge line to Albury, which opened in 1962, passed the station, a platform was not provided on the line until 1974. It was only one carriage long and was not used for regular services, being removed in 2008 when Platform 1 was converted to standard gauge. The station was altered to the current interior layout in 1997, when a general refurbishment was carried out, with the parcels office being converted into a waiting room and toilets.