Kerang railway station

Location
	Kerang Location within Victoria

Kerang
Kerang
PTV regional rail station
	Southbound view from platform looking at the station building, June 2015
General information
Location	Boundary Street,; Kerang, Victoria 3579; Shire of Gannawarra; Australia
Coordinates	35°43′59″S 143°55′27″E / 35.7330°S 143.9243°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Swan Hill (Piangil)
Distance	288.89 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	4
Connections	Coach
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	10 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	KER
Fare zone	Myki not available. Paper ticket only.
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	25 October 1884; 140 years ago
Services
Former service
Location
Location
	Kerang Location within Victoria

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]

History

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.

Kerang train crash

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.

Platforms and services

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:

Swan Hill line services to Southern Cross and Swan Hill

Transport links

V/Line operates a road coach service between Bendigo and Swan Hill/Mildura via Kerang station.^[6]^[7]

Gallery

Station building and entrance, June 2015

References

^ ^a ^b Kerang Vicsig
^ "Kerang". Victorian Places. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1991. p. 187.
^ ^a ^b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1994. p. 251.
^ "New station platform at Kerang takes shape". V/Line - Regional public transport for Victoria. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
^ Mildura - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria