Historical Images : Railway Stations (1860-1980) Victoria AUSTRALIA

A look back to some of Melbourne's best know suburban railway stations in their heyday. We also look at historical images of rural railway stations and discover some that no longer exist.

Most images are in a time when Steam Engines ruled the railway tracks - Some rural stations still exist today as tourist destinations to experience such transportation.
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Photographs: Courtesy of State Library - Victoria
Picture Victoria
Individual Credit of Photographers are listed at the end of the video.

[champion]

Thanks for that, it was great. I hope you do more and cover Northern Vic. There doesn't seem to be many pics of Rushworth, Colbinabin or Stanhope lines and stations around but one can live in hope.

[eddiemoore]

As a new Toora resident, I have looked for ages. Thanks for showing me what it used to look like. Great slideshow

[Archie]

I love the Australian railway stations, so much character and history. Thanks for posting.

[neilforbes]

5:05 Gembrook Station - Narrow-gauge tracks! Part of the Puffing Billy line today, I believe.

[johndelaney]

The Leura station pic is in the Blue Mountains nsw.
Great video some amazing buildings.

[Studebaker]

Whittlesea, and the original South Morang station where Middle Gorge station now sits, important stations as most of Melbourne's milk came from that Northern area pre 1966 via rail. Whittlesea also had a turn table and the skeleton of the platform still remains to this day!

[RiffRaffMama.]

That was really cool. I went to school in Alexandra, but I can't picture where the station would have been, does anyone know?
I instantly recognised Colac station. I live there now and nothing at all looks different!

[PJRayment]

As well as the other errors mentioned, the pictures shown at 7:21 and 7:31 are clearly not of the same station at the same time. Another source gives 1922 as the date for both photographs(!), but I still doubt that they were both taken in the same year. Perhaps the first is 1922 (when the station opened, and it looks new), and the other a few years later. Or perhaps the first one is not Yallourn at all?

[neilforbes]

10:13 Serviceton Station, now believed abandoned and *HAUNTED!* Amy's Crypt did a video on this station because of that reputation.

[IanBrodie-bglu]

how much did those people achieve, with not much more than horse and cart, pick and shovel.Beats the modern system hands down, what a lot we have lost.

[Holland]

Great collection of historic images. Good work. Just one point relating to the pic of Ballarat Railway station which is not actually the station.

[neilforbes]

9:00 Walhalla Station, also with narrow-gauge tracks. You can easily tell they're narrow gauge as the regular broad-gauge tracks (rails) are clearly wider apart when seen at a distance. Obviously Walhalla must be, or have been part of the Puffing Billy line.

[kellyswoodyard]

Picture says Ballarat Station at 8.01. Very wrong. That's our Town Hall. The Station clock tower didn't get clocks until late 20th century. I could look up when, but I'm too lazy.

[ververis]

Leura is in the blue mountains main line in NSW

[wallybeeby]

8 min mark is the Ballarat Town Hall, not the station.

[leepannett]

You missed Yarra Junction station the only station building left on the Warburton line, this building was also the original c1888 Lilydale station building, moved to Yarra Junction 1914/15, after the current Heritage Lilydale station building was completed. The building still holds a few reminders of it time at Lilydale to this day, it is now the home to the Upper Yarra Museum at Yarra Junction.

[sharonbosworth]

The Ballarat photo at 8:00mins is not the Ballarat Railway station, it is actually the Ballarat Town Hall.

[xrlad]

You do know Albury and Leura are both in NSW. And that wasn’t Ballarat rail station that was the town hall. (Opps reading the other comments you know that by now). Still liked the video. Know well Woodend, Mt Macedon, Sunbury., Meredith. My area. Walhalla Railway station building was actually removed in 1940’s and still stands at Hartwell station. 😊
Much simpler times.
I’ve found myself photos in state archives can be mistitled : sometimes if I know the actually place I’ll let them know.

[allenjones]

Sorry to say but the picture of Ballarat Station ca 1922-1928 is a pic of the Ballarat Town Hall in Sturt Street and to be precise Queen Victoria Square.. you can see the statue of Queen Vic in the photo. Furthermore, the clock tower at the Ballarat Railway Station did not get a clock till 1984.

[mikevale]

The two images of Castlemaine station are simply the same image reversed.