Numurkah is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the town of Numurkah

Numurkah, Victoria

Numurkah is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the 2006 census, Numurkah had a population of 4,643.- History :...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The station opened as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

 on 1 September 1881 The line was extended north to Strathmerton

Strathmerton, Victoria

Strathmerton is a small country town in Victoria, Australia.It is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area on the Murray Valley Highway, about west of Cobram and previously known as the most northerly point in Victoria North of Melbourne at the start of the Goulburn Valley Highway...

 and Cobram

Cobram, Victoria

Cobram is a town in Australia. Cobram is located on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira. Its twin town of Barooga is located on the north side of the Murray River....

 in October 1888, as well as a short distance west to Nathalia

Nathalia, Victoria

Nathalia is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located within the Shire of Moira Local government area on the banks of Broken Creek and on the Murray Valley Highway. At the 2006 census, Nathalia had a population of 1,431....

. The latter line was extended to Picola

Picola, Victoria

Picola is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, from the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Picola had a population of 754....

 in 1896 as the Picola line, with the junction located to the north of the station at the down end.

New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969. Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981 as part of the New Deal

New Deal (railway)

The New Deal' for Country Passengers was a timetable introduced on 4 October 1981 in Victoria, Australia that revolutionised the provision of country passenger railway services. 35 little-used passenger stations were closed, rolling stock utilisation improved, and new rolling stock introduced...

 timetable, but were resumed in 1983. The final closure was in 1993, when the Cobram service was cut back to Shepparton, as it is today. Present facilities at the station include a disused platform, a station building now leased to a local business, a footbridge over the tracks, a disconnected turntable, and grain silos.

Gallery

Image:Numurkah station.jpg|Station building and platform
Image:Numurkah former turntable.jpg|Disused turntable
Image:Numurkah former Picola line junction.jpg|Reservation of the closed Picola branch, headed west from the main line