Owned by VicTrack Status Closed Opened 1878 Platforms in use 1 | Line(s) Western SG
Hopetoun Closed 1993 Owner VicTrack Tracks 4 | |
Address Murtoa VIC 3390, Australia Similar Marma Gully Antiques, Marma Lake Firearms, Murtoa Stick Shed, Solomit Strawboard, Railway Hotel | ||
Murtoa is no longer used as a passenger station, following the withdrawal of the V/Line Dimboola service in August 1993. The station however still functions as an important location for Pacific National, where it serves as the junction for the Hopetoun branch.
Much of the station was extensively altered in the 1980s, following the introduction of CTC between Ararat and Serviceton. The signal box was abolished, the number of roads in the yard was reduced and the local signal panel was only switched on if needed, with the former staff depot closing by the end of 1988. Also during 1988, the former turntable was moved to Dimboola.
The station used to have a dock platform for the Hopetoun branch. People in Murtoa have called on The Overland, the interstate rail journey that runs from Adelaide to Melbourne, to make Murtoa an additional stop for the train service.