Swan Hill railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Swan Hill, and it opened on 30 May 1890.Swan Hill Vicsig"The Swan Hill Terminator" Railway Digest December 2014 page 38
The station serves as the current terminus for V/Line's Swan Hill line services. Beyond the station, Pacific National and Southern Shorthaul Railroad grain trains continue to the line's terminus at Piangil. A goods shed and silos exist near the station.
A 70 ft. turntable was provided at the station in 1940, replacing a 50 ft. turntable. The turntable was removed by September 1969.
Demolished station Lake Boga was located between Swan Hill and Kerang.
The facilitated the exchange of railway land that the City of Swan Hill had been using as a caravan park to the Council, in exchange for the Swan Hill wharf sidings which were transferred to railway ownership after eighty years of occupation.
Platforms and services Swan Hill station has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Swan Hill line services.Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria Swan Hill platform arrangementPlatformLineDestinationViaSource1Southern CrossBendigo
Historic services (mail) In the early to mid 1980s D vans, each with up to capacity, were attached to passenger trains and run loaded from Melbourne each evening and, on arrival, detached and shunted to the goods shed, returning empty on the next morning service. Perishable goods from Swan Hill could be loaded into the normal van attached to each passenger train, but that was a very rare occurrence. Non-perishable goods for Kerang would be railed through to Swan Hill and dropped off at Kerang on the return trip the next day. Other goods from Swan Hill were generally dispatched by normal goods trains, attached to block oil or grain trains.
Transport links V/Line operates a road coach service from Bendigo to Mildura via Swan Hill station.Mildura - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
Further reading Swan Hill freight centre - Newsrail, August 1986
References
External links Victorian Railway Stations gallery Melway map at street-directory.com.au