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provided, with the main line slewed to run through the platform, instead of No. 2 road as previously. In 1938, the yard was again altered, and the station building was moved to its current position, at the northern end of the platform.
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As part of the North East Rail Revitalisation Project, a second platform was constructed on the 1960s built standard gauge line, in conjunction with the standard gauge conversion of the existing
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to the west. A temporary building was initially provided, and was replaced in 1876 by a weatherboard structure. The
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On 5 January 1994, a number of track and signal alterations took place, including the abolition of No. 3 road,
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The station opened with the line in 1873, and was an important railhead before the opening of the
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that was provided with the opening of the line was still in use in the 1970s.
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In 1979, a road leading to a former crane at the station was abolished.
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track. Work began in December 2008, and was completed in late 2009.
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passenger train collided head on with a northbound freight train.
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Banger, Chris (May 2014). "The Standard Way to Albury - Part 7".
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occurred one kilometre south of the station, when the southbound
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North East rail project will bring local and national benefits
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The station opened as the temporary terminus of the line from
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PTV
regional rail

Violet Town
Victoria
Shire of Strathbogie
Australia
36°38′16″S 145°43′08″E / 36.6379°S 145.7190°E / -36.6379; 145.7190
VicTrack
V/Line
Albury
North East
Southern Cross
side
Myki
Public Transport Victoria
Railways in Victoria
V/Line
Euroa
Southern Cross
Albury line
Benalla
Albury
Violet Town is located in Victoria
North East line
Victoria
Australia
Violet Town
Longwood
Benalla

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