Wangaratta railway station

Wangaratta
Northbound view in August 2011
Location	Spearing Street, Wangaratta
Coordinates	36°21′18″S 146°19′01″E / 36.3549°S 146.3170°E / -36.3549; 146.3170Coordinates: 36°21′18″S 146°19′01″E / 36.3549°S 146.3170°E / -36.3549; 146.3170
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	North East
Distance	234.00 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	WAG
Fare zone	Myki zone 20
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	28 October 1873
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Benalla toward Southern Cross North East line Springhurst toward Albury Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Benalla towards Melbourne NSW TrainLink Southern Melbourne XPT Albury towards Sydney

Wangaratta railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Wangaratta, opening on 28 October 1873, as the temporary terminus of the line from Benalla, before it was extended to Wodonga on 21 November 1873.

A goods shed is located across from the main platform, but has no siding, with the goods shed office itself demolished in 1978. Dock platforms were also once located at both ends of the station. Wangaratta was once the junction for the Whitfield 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway. Footbridges are located 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 the standard 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. The platform on the standard gauge "East" line is located in the cutting at the Melbourne end of the station. Alumatta Loop is currently located to the south of the station on the standard gauge line.

Initial facilities included a goods shed and a temporary station building, with a brick station building, identical to that at Benalla, erected in 1874, with a two storied brick tower added to the Melbourne end in 1897. The large signal box was provided in 1887, and then extended in 1908, when the goods yard was enlarged, and the current goods shed provided.

A small locomotive depot was provided in 1882, with a dual gauge 50-foot (15 m) long turntable provided in 1898. The narrow gauge Whitfield line opened in 1899, branching off from the main line at the southern end of the station. The line closed in 1953.

When the standard gauge line was constructed through the station in 1962, extensive works were required to thread it through the narrow railway reserve. The locomotive depot and turntable were relocated from the east side of the line to the west side of the line, and new grade separations were provided at Rowan Street, to the north, and Roy Street, to the south.