Kerang | |
Type: | PTV regional rail station |
Style: | V/Line |
Address: | Boundary Street, Kerang, Victoria 3579 |
Borough: | Shire of Gannawarra |
Country: | Australia |
Map Type: | Australia Victoria |
Owned: | VicTrack |
Operator: | V/Line |
Line: | (Piangil) |
Distance: | 288.89 kilometres from Southern Cross |
Platforms: | 1 |
Tracks: | 4 |
Connections: | Coach |
Structure: | At-grade |
Parking: | 10 spaces |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Operational, unstaffed |
Code: | KER |
Zone: | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. |
Services: | Two daily services in both directions |
Other Services Header: | Former service |
Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
Kerang railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Kerang, and it opened on 25 October 1884.[1]
Kerang opened on 25 October 1884. On 30 May 1890, the line was extended to Swan Hill.[1] The station, like the township itself, was named after an Aboriginal word meaning moon or an edible root vegetable.[2]
Kerang was once the junction station of the former railway lines to Stony Crossing and Koondrook, both closing in 1961 and 1976 respectively.
A number of sidings opposite the station were removed in 1991.[3]
In late 1993 and 1994, the station was operated by the former Borough of Kerang through a lease agreement with the Public Transport Corporation, after the station was de-staffed in August 1993.[4] The borough assumed control of the station on 13 December 1993, however withdrew from the agreement on 30 June 1994, due to low ticket sales and operation costs.[4]
The station platform was reconstructed and resurfaced in January 2019.[5]
Disused station Macorna is located between Kerang and Pyramid, while demolished station Lake Boga was located between Kerang and Swan Hill.
See main article: Kerang train accident. On 5 June 2007, a fatal crash occurred between a train and a semi-trailer at the Murray Valley Highway level crossing, north of Kerang. Eleven people died, all of whom were passengers.
Kerang has one platform. It is serviced by twice daily V/Line Swan Hill line services to Southern Cross and Swan Hill.[6]
Platform 1:
V/Line operates a road coach service between Bendigo and Swan Hill/Mildura via Kerang station.[6] [7]