Talbot railway station
Talbot railway station is a regional railway station on the Mildura line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the town of Talbot, in Victoria, Australia. It was opened on 2 February 1875 and was closed on 12 September 1993. It reopened on 22 December 2013, when the current station was provided.
The station closed on 12 September 1993, after The Vinelander service to Mildura was withdrawn and replaced by road coaches. The station was not reopened when rail passenger services from Ballarat to Maryborough resumed in July 2010. In February 2010, the crossing loop and siding were abolished.
In November 2010, the Liberal/National Coalition said the station would be reopened if it won the forthcoming 2010 state election. The subsequent Coalition government reopened Talbot on 22 December 2013. A new platform and shelter had to be built because the original station building had been leased for use as a nursery and railway museum.
In 2016-2017, the station was one of the least-patronised in Victoria, with annual passenger movements of 1,121, or about 3.07 passengers a day. In 2020-2021, the station recorded the second-lowest patronage in the state, with 350 passenger movements - less than one passenger a day.