Thread by @ozbob13

Good Morning Wodonga!
Wodonga original terminus North East line open Nov 1873. Connection to Albury 1883. April 1962 standard gauge line was extended to Melbourne.
Station closed 2008, replaced by a new station in 2011 on new rail bypass.

Network 1930
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

Wodonga diagram 1931
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Note standard gauge line extend to Wodonga yard from Albury.

RAILWAY STATION WODONGA APPROX 1880 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Wodonga, Victoria c. 1900-10
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1400… via @Library_Vic
Dock platform on the left.

Men at work on tracks, Wodonga viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1061… via @Library_Vic c. 1909
The track at an angle crossing the broad gauge lines is probably the standard gauge line. Coal stage on the left, 2 road engine shed can be seen.

WODONGA STATION YARD AND LOCOMOTIVE SHED - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS… c. 1900?
Lovely view of the yard and station.

WODONGA STATION AND YARDS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS… c. 1930?
Standard gauge line is to the immediate right of the engine shed.

WODONGA STATION AND YARDS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
View from the down end. Sydney road LX.

MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVING WODONGA FOR ALBURY 1918 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

The Sydney Express hauled by an A2 class locomotive at Wodonga Station, Victoria, c. 1919
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155038…
A2 999

WODONGA STATION DECORATED FOR VISIT OF DUKE & DUCHESS OF YORK 1927 Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.654 HAULING SYDNEY EXPRESS CARRIAGES PERSPECTIVE VIEW WODONGA AREA CIRCA 1907 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

H 220 on southbound freight near Wodonga ca. 1956 [picture] / Lloyd Holmes
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155018…
Heavy Harry !

Locomotive H220 Heavy Harry and goods train at Wodonga, Victoria [picture]
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155069…
Departing Wodonga ... c. 1956

AUGUST 1947 SPIRIT OF PROGRESS WODONGA - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

SPIRIT OF PROGRESS WODONGA EN ROUTE TO MELBOURNE APPROXIMATELY 1955 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

TRACK DIAGRAM AND WODONGA STATION PRESS HANDOUT - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Opening of the standard gauge to Melbourne 1962

A plaque commemorates the centenary of the opening of the North-Eastern railway from Melbourne to Wodonga.
1873 - 1973
monumentaustralia.org.au/australian_mon…
Plaque is at Wangaratta station.

New Wodonga railway station opened 2011 on rail bypass.
foursquare.com/v/wodonga-rail…
More photographs at link.

Old Wodonga Railway Station and Goods Shed project
scd.net.au/portfolio-item…
Junction Place urban renewal project within Central Wodonga

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