Mooroopna railway station

Mooroopna railway station is located on the Tocumwal line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Mooroopna, and opened on 13 January 1880.[1][2]

Mooroopna
Westbound view in July 2008
Location	Young Street, Mooroopna Australia
Coordinates	36°23′57″S 145°21′28″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Tocumwal
Distance	177.00 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	10
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	MPA
Fare zone	Myki Zone 14
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	13 January 1880
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station Murchison East towards Southern Cross Shepparton line Shepparton Terminus

A siding for the SPC Ardmona fruit factory is located across from the station, and is served by Pacific National services. All sidings at the station, with the exception of the siding serving SPC Ardmona, were abolished in 1991.[3]

Demolished station Toolamba was located between Mooroopna and Murchison East.

On the 13th of January 2018, a suspicious fire burnt the station building to the ground in the early hours of the morning.[4]

Platforms & services

Murchison East has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Shepparton line services.[5]

Platform 1:

• Shepparton line: services to Shepparton & Southern Cross

References

1. Mooroopna Vicsig
2. Bob Whitehead (2008). Tocumwal Railway Centenary.
3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1991. p. 187.
4. Mooroopna train station destroyed by suspicious fire Herald Sun 13 January 2018
5. Shepparton - Melbourne Public Transport Victoria

External links

• Media related to Mooroopna railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Victorian Railway Stations gallery