History
Homebush railway station is on the Avoca railway line The first section of line was opened as a branch from Maryborough to Avoca in October 1874. The line originally ran for 24 kilometres in length but was later was extended to 62.8 kilometers in November 1890 which took it onto Ararat. Once completed it formed a through route between two main lines. In July 1959 the line between Avoca and Ararat was closed.
In October 1966 the line was reopened, and in 1996 it was converted to standard gauge, along with the main Melbourne–Adelaide railway.The Avoca–Ararat section of the line has been unused for a number of years and Pacific National used it to store over 100 surplus grain wagons, until many of them were reactivated to carry the 2011–2012 harvest.