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| ⚫ | '''Pollard''' was a '''railway station''' on the [[Shelbourne railway line|Shelbourne line]] between the townships of [[Bradford, Victoria|Bradford]] and [[Nuggetty, Victoria|Nuggetty]]. It opened with the line on 24 March 1891, and was originally called Bradford Station.<ref name=vicsig>{{cite web |title=Pollard |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Pollard |website=Vicsig |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref> |
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It was originally called Bradford Station. |
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There was a ticket office, shelter and toilets. |
There was a ticket office, shelter and toilets. |
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Near the station entrance there was a fare box and a stable of horses. Its maintenance was entrusted to the coal merchants. There was no benefit to the local community, but that didn't stop the coppers from profiting from the lives of the poor. In the 1920s, the station was opened to the public, but after the First World War its use was curtailed. |
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There were no sidings at Pollard, so any wagons that needed loading or unloading at the station had to be left on the mainline. Wagons to be left at Pollard were attached behind the guards van when a train left Shelbourne and dropped off at Pollard. The next train to Shelbourne train would propel the wagons to Shelbourne, where they would become included in the consist of the return train.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shelbourne Station |url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5MWN5 |website=Geocaching |publisher=Groundspeak Inc |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref> |
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For the rest of its life, the station was out of use. It was at one time used as a flat-track for the manufacture of trains. |
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There were no sidings so goods trains would leave trucks behind at Pollard on the way back to Maldon for the next train to push them into Shelbourne and then to their intended destination. |
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The station was closed in September 1952.<ref name=vicsig/> Nothing remains of it today, other than the platform mound. |
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| Coordinates | 36°55′20″S 144°03′37″E / 36.922277°S 144.060183°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Shelbourne | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1891 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1970 | |||||||||||||||
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Pollard was a railway station on the Shelbourne line between the townships of Bradford and Nuggetty. It opened with the line on 24 March 1891, and was originally called Bradford Station.[1]
There was a ticket office, shelter and toilets.
There were no sidings at Pollard, so any wagons that needed loading or unloading at the station had to be left on the mainline. Wagons to be left at Pollard were attached behind the guards van when a train left Shelbourne and dropped off at Pollard. The next train to Shelbourne train would propel the wagons to Shelbourne, where they would become included in the consist of the return train.[2]
The station was closed in September 1952.[1] Nothing remains of it today, other than the platform mound.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pollard". Vicsig. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Shelbourne Station". Geocaching. Groundspeak Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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