Moorabool railway station

Former railway station in Victoria, Australia

Moorabool

Moorabool station building, 2012

General information
Line(s)| Geelong-Ballarat
Platforms| 1
Tracks| 1
Other information
Status| Closed
History
Closed| 21 December 1976
Services
| Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Media related to Moorabool railway station at Wikimedia Commons
* Rail Geelong: photos of the station

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