Wunghnu railway station, Victoria
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Wunghnu is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the township of Wunghnu
, Victoria
, Australia
. The station opened at the same time as the railway from Shepparton to Numurkah on 1 September 1881 and was closed to freight in March 2003. The loop siding to the grain silos remains, and has been used to stable track machines such as ballast tamper
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Wunghnu, Victoria
Wunghnu is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and has a population of 270...
, 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 Numurkah on 1 September 1881 and was closed to freight in March 2003. The loop siding to the grain silos remains, and has been used to stable track machines such as ballast tamper
Ballast tamper
A ballast tamper or tamping machine is a machine used to pack the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. Prior to the introduction of mechanical tampers, this task was done by manual labour with the help of beaters...
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