Wodonga railway station

Wodonga
Station front in September 2013
Location	Maloney Drive, Wodonga
Coordinates	36°07′10″S 146°53′09″E / 36.11944°S 146.88583°E / -36.11944; 146.88583Coordinates: 36°07′10″S 146°53′09″E / 36.11944°S 146.88583°E / -36.11944; 146.88583
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	North East
Distance	299.20 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	WOD
Fare zone	Myki zone 26
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	21 November 1873
Closed	8 November 2008
Rebuilt	25 June 2011
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Chiltern toward Southern Cross North East line Albury Terminus

Wodonga railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Wodonga opening on 25 June 2011 as part of the Wodonga Rail Bypass project.

It replaced the original station that opened on 21 November 1873 and closed on 9 November 2008. Disused station Barnawartha is located between Wodonga and Chiltern.

Wodonga station was the original terminus of Victorian Railways' North East line which was built during the 1870s, with Wodonga opening on 21 November 1873. The connection through to the standard gauge system across the Murray River to Albury was not completed until 14 June 1883, partly because the New South Wales Government Railways standard gauge system had not yet extended as far south as Albury.

Intercolonial rivalries were settled by the building of lines and bridges of both gauges across the border river flats with both Albury and Wodonga being transfer stations. Albury later became the passenger interchange station and the major freight transshipment point.

In April 1962 the standard gauge line was extended south from Wodonga to Melbourne and from that time onwards, most interstate haulage was on the standard gauge. Some broad gauge passenger trains still continued to run to Albury to provide a local service to north eastern Victorian towns but the long distance interstate freight and passenger trains operated via this new continuous standard gauge link between Melbourne and Sydney.

Livestock, mostly beef cattle, formed a large part of the freight carried to Melbourne from Wodonga, where large saleyards were established near the station. Meatworks were also one of Wodonga's main industries. After 1980 the saleyard location was moved to Bandiana, east of Wodonga. Dual gauge rail access was constructed at this selling centre which was adjacent to the Victorian Cudgewa branchline. Services on this branch were discontinued beyond Bandiana and the Victorian rail system soon ceased livestock carriage. Cattle continued to be occasionally railed from northern NSW to Bandiana Saleyards until 1987 when this rail traffic also ceased. In later years the sidings at Bandiana were used as a rail container terminal by standard gauge trains only, until closure of the line on 1 September 2009.