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

, 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 at the same time as the railway from Shepparton to Cobram on 1 October 1888 with the line to Tocumwal not opened until 28 February 1905, ending at a temporary terminus on the south side of the Murray River

Murray River

The Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...

,. the line not completed into Tocumwal until July 1908. The junction between the lines was to the north of the station, facing down trains.

Passenger services to Tocumwal ended on 8 November 1975 with the last train operated by T class

Victorian Railways T class (diesel)

The Victorian Railways T class diesel electric locomotive are a small branch line and shunting unit built by Clyde Engineering . They were the most numerous class of diesel locomotives in the state....

 diesel locomotive T324 and 3AS

S type carriage

The S type carriages are a compartment layout passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. The carriages were constructed by the Victorian Railways in 1937 for use on the Spirit of Progress, with additional carriages built until the 1950s for other trains.Two major types of...

 - 31BE

E type carriage

The E type carriages were wooden express passenger carriage used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. Introduced by Victorian Railways Chairman of Commissioners Thomas James Tait and based on Canadian carriage design, the class remained in regular service for 85 years.-Design:Carriages on...

 - 2AE - 22CE. Before this time the Strathmerton - Cobram section of the line was operated as the 'branch line' with a 102hp Walker railmotor

102hp Walker railmotor

The 102hp Walker railmotor was a type of diesel railcar operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia.After the Second World War, the Victorian Railways undertook a major rebuilding program known as "Operation Phoenix"...

 connecting with the main line train. A bus service was then introduced for the Tocumwal branch, connecting with the Cobram service. By 1977/78 the service between Cobram and Tocumwal was being operated by a VicRail owned station wagon

Station wagon

A station wagon is a body style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door , instead of a trunk lid...

 driven by the Cobram station master.

Passenger services to the station were discontinued in 1981 when the Numurkah to Cobram service ended under 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 again resumed in 1983. The final closure was in 1993, when the Cobram service was cut back to Shepparton, as it is today.

Strathmerton has a disused and rundown platform, and two disused home signals for up trains at the down end of the station. The points for the Cobram line have been lifted, with freight trains continuing to use the line north to Tocumwal.

Gallery

Image:Strathmerton - junction to Cobram.jpg|Junction between the lines to Cobram (left) and Tocumwal (right) looking south towards the station
Image:Strathmerton - junction to Cobram headed away.jpg|Cobram line headed east