North East Standard Gauge Line
Line Information
Owner
DOR (NSW): 1962-1972
VR: 1962-1983
  • VicRail: 1974-1983
PTC (NSW): 1972-1980
SRA (NSW): 1980-1992
STA (Vic): 1983-1989PTC (Vic): 1989-1992NRC: 1992-1998
ARTC: 1998-Current
Length
315.935 km (via new Wodonga)
Max length
317.558 km (via old Wodonga)
Gauge
Standard: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1/2 in)
Tracks
Double track:
  • Southern Cross to Tottenham
  • Seymour to border
Single track:
  • Tottenham to Seymour
  • border to Albury
No. of stations
14
Max no. of stations
15
No. of sidings
11
Max no. of sidings
15

History
Opened
3 January 1962 - Southern Cross to Albury
Closed
9 November 2008 - Old Wodonga section
Reopened
23 July 2010 - New Wodonga section
Fate
Interstate rail corridor

Operator
Used by
DOR (NSW): 1962-1972VR: 1962-1983PTC (NSW): 1972-1980SRA (NSW): 1980-2003Steamage Australia: 1981?-1987?
STA (Vic): 1983-1989Southern Cross Express: 1987?-1988?
PTC (Vic): 1989-1999NRC: 1992-2002
SCT: 1995?-Current
CFCLA: 1998?-2021
Freight Victoria: 1999-2000
National Express: 1999-2002FA: 2000-2004
PN: 2002-Current
SSR: 2003?-Current
RailCorp: 2003-2013
  • CountryLink: 2003-2013
V/Line: 2003-2012
Great Southern Railway: 2010-2012
  • The Southern Spirit: 2010-2012
PTV: 2012-CurrentNSW TrainLink: 2013-Current
Journey Beyond: 2019-Current
  • Great Southern: 2019-Current
One Rail Australia: 2020-2022
Genesee and Wyoming Australia: ?-2020
Rail First: 2021-Current?
Qube: ?-Current

Connections
Connections
Albion - Jacana, Albury, Dynon - Tottenham, Main Southern, Newport - Sunshine, Oaklands, Western Standard Gauge lines
Former connections
Photos
North East Standard Gauge Line
 
 
 
 
0 km
 
 
Melbourne Freight Terminal
 
 
City Loop | Webb Dock lines
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Victoria Dock (North wharf)
Closed
 
 
 
Victoria Dock (old)
Closed
 
 
Melbourne Yard & Steel Terminal
Closed
2.287 km
Moonee Ponds Creek
 
Dynon - Tottenham line section
 
 
CityLink | Victoria Dock (Westgate)
 
 
 
 
Appleton Dock
 
 
 
 
 
South Dynon | Swanson Dock
 
 
 
North Dynon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.711 km
Maribyrnong River
 
 
4.936 km
tunnel under Bunbury Street
 
 
 
Whitehall Street
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Footscray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunbury line section
 
6.873 km
 
 
 
6.706 km
Geelong Road
 
 
 
Tottenham Yard & Tottenham
 
 
8.916 km
Ashley Street
 
 
9.111 km
Tottenham Loop
 
 
 
 
 
Dynon - Tottenham line section
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stony Creek
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.326 km
Sunshine Loop
Closed
11.840 km
Sunshine
 
12.039 km
Hampshire Road
 
 
 
Ballarat & Geelong lines
 
12.752 km
Anderson Road
 
13.445 km
Ballarat Road
 
 
Sunbury line section
Albion - Jacana line section
14.261 km
Stony Creek
 
 
 
 
 
15.301 km
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15.540 km
McIntyre Road
 
 
 
 
 
 
16.084 km
McIntyre Sidings & McIntyre Loop
 
17.611 km
Maribyrnong River Viaduct (410 m long)
 
18.796 km
Keilor Park Drive
 
18.946 km
 
 
20.394 km
Calder Freeway
 
 
Tullamarine Loop
 
23.538 km
Tullamarine Freeway
 
24.286 km
Moonee Ponds Creek
 
25.769 km
 
 
26.424 km
Pascoe Vale Road
 
 
 
Craigieburn line section
 
26.514 km
Jacana
 
 
26.593 km
Western Ring Road
 
 
Albion - Jacana line section
 
27.058 km
27.647 km
Camp Road
 
 
27.748 km
Broadmeadows
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32.748 km
Somerton Road
 
 
 
Somerton
Closed
 
 
Somerton Yard & Roxburgh Park
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Craigieburn line section
 
Craigieburn
 
37.418 km
Hume Highway / Sydney Road
 
38.442 km
Hume Freeway
 
Seymour line section
42.410 km
Merri Creek
 
48.147 km
Donnybrook Loop
48.160 km
Merri Creek
 
59.182 km
Wallan Loop
61.896 km
Merri Creek
 
67.868 km
Hume Freeway
 
77.760 km
Kilmore East Loop
85.568 km
Broadford Loop
Closed
97.658 km
Tallarook Loop
99.547 km
Hume Freeway
 
107.940 km
Goulburn River
 
Seymour line section
109.433 km
Goulburn Valley Highway
 
 
109.662 km
Seymour
 
 
 
 
 
 
Albury line section
 
(for original BG line see Albury line)
 
110.842 km
 
 
 
 
Seymour Loop
 
 
113.794 km
 
 
 
114.875 km
Hume Freeway
 
 
 
120.221 km
Shepparton line
 
127.002 km
Avenel
 
142.736 km
 
 
142.933 km
 
 
148.682 km
Longwood Loop
Closed
 
162.065 km
Euroa
 
174.626 km
 
 
174.957 km
 
 
180.365 km
Violet Town
 
181.732 km
Violet Town Loop & Violet Town Siding
 
 
Broken River
 
205.888 km
 
 
 
206.005 km
 
 
 
206.062 km
Midland Highway
 
206.285 km
Benalla
 
 
 
206.570 km
Oaklands line
 
207.530 km
Benalla Loop
Closed
207.984 km
 
 
210.569 km
Benalla Precast Siding
 
230.060 km
Glenrowan Loop
Closed
243.826 km
 
 
243.855 km
Alumatta Loop
Closed
 
245.025 km
Wangaratta
 
245.655 km
Ovens River
 
247.007 km
 
 
 
268.575 km
Springhurst
 
 
282.357 km
Chiltern
 
283.462 km
Chiltern Loop
Closed
294.405 km
SCT Barnawartha
 
296.125 km
Murray Valley Highway
 
308.156 km
 
 
308.344 km
 
 
 
 
 
308.841 km
Wodonga bypass
 
 
 
 
 
309.596 km
Wodonga Loop
Closed
 
 
Hume Freeway
 
 
309.597 km
Uncle Bens Siding
Closed
 
 
310.235 km
Wodonga
 
 
311.820 km
Wodonga (old)
Closed
 
311.986 km
Hume Highway
 
 
 
 
Cudgewa line and former turning triangle
Closed
 
312.646 km
Murray Valley Highway
 
 
313.189 km
Wodonga Coal Siding
Closed
 
 
Hume Freeway
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
313.660 km
 
 
 
Albury line section
 
313.737 km
Murray River and Vic / NSW Border
 
 
 
(316.908 km via old Wodonga)
 
315.935 km
Albury (317.558 km via old Wodonga)
 
 
 
Main Southern line towards Sydney
 
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