Albury railway station
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Albury railway station is the station serving the New South Wales border town of Albury. Albury is on the main Sydney-Melbourne railway line, which reached the town in 1881. The broad gauge line from Melbourne reached the town in 1883. The station is 642.40 km from Central railway station in Sydney.
Originally New South Wales and Victoria had different railway gauges, which meant that all travellers in either direction had to change trains at Albury. To accommodate this, a very long railway platform was needed; the covered platform is one of the longest in Australia. In 1962, the standard gauge line was extended to Melbourne's Spencer Street Station (now Southern Cross), and all freight and interstate passenger services use the long standard gauge platform. Broad gauge trains from Melbourne continued using the back (dock) platform, however, have ceased operating in 2008 as the broad gauge line is being converted to standard gauge.
Platforms and services
The station is served by V/Line trains from Melbourne and CountryLink Sydney - Melbourne XPT services.
Platform 1
- CountryLink Southern - CountryLink XPT services to Melbourne (Southern Cross) and Sydney (Central) - 2 per day in each direction.
Platform 2
- V/Line Albury-Wodonga Line - Terminating services; intercity services returning to Melbourne (Southern Cross)
Transport connections
There is a bus interchange located outside the station in Station Place. This is used by V/Line, CountryLink and other long distance coach services. Local bus services operate to and from QE II Square, located on nearby Dean St.
Neighbouring stations
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| Previous station | Wodonga | | | Terminus | |
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