Warragul remains an important station on the Gippsland line. There was once a line to Noojee that branched from here, but the last section of that line to Nayook closed in 1958. Between 1987 and 1998, suburban electric trains ran through to Warragul from Pakenham. The overhead was dismantled in 2004.
There were two signal boxes at one stage, with A Box at the up end of the yard being out of use by May 1988, and B box on the down end of the platform closed three months later, along with all mechanical signalling.
Other information about Warragul can be found at:
- Ross Thompson’s Vicrailstations site
- Line and signalling diagrams, and history at Andrew Waugh’s VRhistory site
- Location information at Vicsig.net
Warragul VIC 3820, Australia
“There were two signal boxes at one stage, with A Box at the up end of the yard being out of use by 1998, and B box on the down end of the platform closed in 2006”
B Box was closed long before 2006; and hasn’t existed on the platform since at least 1998 (not sure of exact removal date)
Until the RFR works, there was a signalling panel inside Warragul station’s office.
Thanks Matt. I will look into this, and correct it once I have some more tangible facts at my disposal.
dear sir /madam ,
what an idiotic business pulling down the overhead wires. You would think this would have been the handiwork of a liberal govt. but no, an ALP government . The stupidity of those in power is infinite . regards michael taylor
ps compared to nsw with electrics to newcastle , kiama, katoomba victoris is in the middle ages