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Malmsbury Railway Station

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Malmsbury Railway Station was constructed in 1862 by Robert Turnbull & Co, on the Melbourne-Echuca Line, for the Victorian Railways. It comprises a single storeyed, standard basalt station building, with an attached two storeyed residence and timber additions.
A basalt lamp room/toilet block adjoins. The verandah is timber posted and the platform wall is basalt. A timber-framed waiting shelter and van goods shelter are located on the down platform. A basalt and steel crane base remains, while the sidings have been removed.
The goods shed, situated adjacent to the station building, is a large basalt structure with a gabled slate roof.The large bluestone station building remains on the former Melbourne bound platform, and a collection of shelter sheds on the Bendigo side. The station is lightly used.

As part of the Victorian Regional Fast Rail project, this section of line was converted to single track. Both side platforms still remain in place, but only the former down platform (the one without the station building) still has track next to it.
Malmsbury is the only open railway station on the Bendigo line to have only one platform in use




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peterjay4515-Jul-2013 15:15
Outstanding images of the old station. Well photographed indeed.
Tom LeRoy01-Jul-2013 06:29
A quaint station, wonderful composition to include lots of detail and a modern train also. Nice work, David. V
woody3401-Jul-2013 03:22
Great capture David ...thought at first the station was no longer in use...we have so many rural/country stations with outstanding substantial buildings no longer used as lines have been closed in favour of road traffic in NSW it is a shame ...a credit to you...V
tinkerb30-Jun-2013 20:44
When I saw the first picture I thought it looked along time since that station had been used. Like the juxtaposition of old and new in the second pic.
Martin Lamoon30-Jun-2013 18:51
@ excellent photographs, like the old station and the modern train in the other with its colours matching those on the platform. V
Guest 30-Jun-2013 16:07
Excellent image of this modern train...
hge5430-Jun-2013 14:28
A charming glimpse of days gone by. It's nice AU has the luxury of space so older buildings are not demolished right away when they are no longer useful.V
Stephanie30-Jun-2013 12:54
What a pretty train! Nice capture of the station too David! :)
Yvonne30-Jun-2013 10:46
Good to see it still standing even if no one uses it these days David. v
laine30-Jun-2013 09:48
Always unhappy to see their demise...quite a contrast in the train and the station
Gerard Koehl30-Jun-2013 05:57
Superbe. V
joseantonio30-Jun-2013 04:17
Lovely train. Your composition is great as are the colors.V.
Hank Vander Velde30-Jun-2013 01:40
Two beautiful well composed images David.
Jim Coffman29-Jun-2013 23:29
Wow, what a neat place and a neat train! Nice captures,David..
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