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Wodonga railway station

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project moved Wodonga station from the original central location to a position on a new line on the northern edge of the town, along with five kilometres of new track. The release of railway land allowed the redevelopment of Wodonga's commercial area, and eliminated ten
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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 was moved to
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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
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On 23 July 2010, the new rail bypass was opened, and the original line through Wodonga closed. On 25 June 2011, the new station opened. The original station was later redeveloped as a restaurant.
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soon ceased livestock traffic. Cattle continued to be occasionally railed from northern NSW to Bandiana Saleyards until 1987, when this rail traffic also ceased. In later years, the
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and Albury. The first train passed through the new station site on 15 March 2010: a freight service delivering concrete sleepers.
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at Bandiana were used as a rail container terminal by standard gauge trains only, until closure of the line on 1 September 2009.
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project, it replaced the original station that opened on 21 November 1873 and closed on 9 November 2008.
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In May 2008, it was announced that the project would commence, as part of an upgrade of the
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rail access was constructed at this selling centre, which was adjacent to the Victorian
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TAA 0595-2010: Chiltern Loop – Albury South: Commissioning of Wodonga Rail Bypass
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operated broad gauge freight services from the Wodonga Coal Sidings to
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standard gauge system had not yet extended as far south as Albury.
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was not completed until 14 June 1883, partly because the
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Federal-State Co-operation Delivers Major Rail Project
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Communities welcome V/Line tracks back to the border
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Communities welcome V/Line trains back to the border
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Index

PTV
regional rail

Wodonga
Victoria
City of Wodonga
Australia
36°06′21″S 146°52′18″E / 36.10574340775901°S 146.87162516823904°E / -36.10574340775901; 146.87162516823904
VicTrack
V/Line
Albury
North East
Southern Cross
Myki
Public Transport Victoria
Railways in Victoria
V/Line
Chiltern
Southern Cross
Albury line
Albury
Cudgewa
Bandiana
List of closed railway stations in Victoria
Wodonga is located in Victoria
North East line
Victoria
Australia
Wodonga
Wodonga Rail Bypass

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