Moorabool
Moorabool station building
General information
Line(s)Geelong-Ballarat
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Closed21 December 1976
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
North Shore   Geelong-Ballarat line   Gheringhap
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Moorabool is a closed railway station on the Geelong–Ballarat railway line, in the locality of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia. Until 1864 it was called Steiglitz Road.[1] The station building was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1861, by a private contractor, and comprises a single-storey, gable-roofed, bluestone station building, with an attached two-storey residence.

The station was closed to all traffic on 21 December 1976,[2] but is still passed by The Overland and freight trains. The station building was sold in 1977 and currently serves as a private residence.[3] The building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[4] and the Register of the National Estate. It is located about 1.6 km east of another heritage railway structure, the Moorabool Viaduct.

References

  1. ↑ "Moorabool Railway Station (listing RNE3647)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  2. ↑ Jack cLean (September 1977). "Moorabool Station Closes". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 192.
  3. ↑ "FORMER MOORABOOL RAILWAY STATION (listing VICH1579)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "Former Moorabool Railway Station, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1579, Heritage Overlay HO312". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.

38°04′30″S 144°17′53″E / 38.07500°S 144.29806°E / -38.07500; 144.29806

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