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Sale railway station, Victoria

Coordinates: 38°06′12″S 147°03′14″E / 38.1034°S 147.0540°E / -38.1034; 147.0540
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Sale
PTV regional rail station
Station carpark, entrance, platform and building, September 2015
General information
LocationPettit Drive,
Sale, Victoria 3850
Shire of Wellington
Australia
Coordinates38°06′12″S 147°03′14″E / 38.1034°S 147.0540°E / -38.1034; 147.0540
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byV/Line
Line(s)Gippsland
Distance206.02 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks3
ConnectionsRegional bus Bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed
Station codeSAE
Fare zoneMyki not available. Paper ticket only.
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 June 1877; 147 years ago (1877-06-01)
Rebuilt4 December 1983
Services
Preceding station Railways in Victoria V/Line Following station
Rosedale Gippsland line Stratford
towards Bairnsdale
Location
Sale is located in Victoria
Sale
Sale
Location within Victoria

Sale railway station is a regional railway station on the Gippsland line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of the same name, in Victoria, Australia, and originally opened on 1 June 1877. The current station, on a different site, was opened in December 1983.[1][2]

History

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The original Sale station was opened as the terminus of the line from Morwell, before the line was extended to Stratford Junction on 8 May 1888. The station was located in the town of Sale itself, east of Reeve Street. It was a dead-end terminus, with the line from Melbourne and the line to Stratford both entering from the west. Trains continuing along the line beyond Sale had to reverse at the station, or use the Traralgon-Maffra-Stratford line which bypassed Sale altogether. At the peak of operations, the yard had five roads, passenger and goods platforms, a goods shed, a 47-lever signal box, a cattle yard, an engine shed, a coal stage, and a turntable.[2]

There was also a short branch line to the Sale Wharf, as well as a number of industrial sidings in the area, serving cool stores, fuel depots, a gas works, a flour mill, woollen mills, and stockyards.[2]

After many years of discussions between the local council and rail authorities,[3] the station was relocated to a site outside the town in 1983, on a new section of track which linked the Melbourne and Stratford lines, without the need to run in and out of the original station, which formed a rail triangle for a short period of time.

The goods facilities were first to be moved from the former station, which occurred on 28 September 1983,[4] using part of the Sale – Stratford line as the base of the yard. The last train ran into the old station on 12 November 1983, with the new station officially opening on 4 December of that year.[2] The last remnant of the railway line running into Sale was abolished in 1985, when parts of the former Port of Sale branch line were removed.[5] Full signalling was not provided until 1987.[2] Station staff were withdrawn in 1993, but have since been restored.[2]

In December 1995, rail traffic beyond Sale ceased, and Sale became the terminus for all trains on the line. Road coach services for passengers continued to Stratford, Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, and further east, with some continuing into southern New South Wales. However, in mid-1999, log trains began operating from Bairnsdale again, and the passenger rail service to Bairnsdale was reinstated on 3 May 2004.[1]

The site of the first Sale station is now the Gippsland Centre Shopping Centre, although the signal box, level crossing gates, and two semaphore signals are statically preserved in situ.[6] To the west of the former station, the Sale industrial sidings remain in place but are unused, as are the goods sidings.[6] The sidings across from the platform were regularly used to allow the Bairnsdale to Geelong log trains to cross passenger services, but log trains have ceased running.

Platforms and services

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Sale has one platform and is served by V/Line Bairnsdale line trains.[7]

Platform 1:

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Little's Gippsland Coaches operates two routes via Sale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  4 : to Sale (Gippsland Centre Shopping Centre)[8]
  •  7 : Sale – Loch Sport[9]
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References

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  1. ^ a b Sale Vicsig
  2. ^ a b c d e f Victorian Station Histories: Sale station
  3. ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). October 1978. p. 208.
  4. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). December 1983. p. 344.
  5. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). May 1985. p. 147.
  6. ^ a b Wong, Marcus. "Sale station". Wongm's Rail Gallery. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. ^ Bairnsdale - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  8. ^ 4 Sale - Sale Station via Reeve Street Public Transport Victoria
  9. ^ 7 Sale - Loch Sport via Longford Public Transport Victoria
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