Tallarook railway station, Victoria

Tallarook railway station is located on the North East line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Tallarook, and opened on 18 April 1872.Former station School House Lane / Dysart Sidings / Goulburn Junction was located between Tallarook and Seymour.HistoryThe station opened in 1872, along with the line though it, and became a junction for the Mansfield branch line to Yea in 1883, with the line extended to Mansfield in 1891, and Alexandra in 1909. A turntable was added when the station became a junction, and the main line was duplicated from Broadford in the same year, with the double track being extended north in 1886. The first interlocked signal box was erected in 1885, controlling three platforms and a four road yard. The crossovers for the branch line initially faced Seymour, requiring Melbourne-bound trains to reverse; a Melbourne-facing crossover was added in 1911.When the parallel standard gauge line was built though the station in 1961, it cut right though the middle of the station, with three gauge crossings provided between the broad gauge main line and the sidings on the other side. A new signal box was also opened at this time, with a crossing loop on the standard gauge line opening in 1969, the only one added after the initial construction of the line.