Harcourt is a closed station located on the
Bendigo line. It served the township of
Harcourt and was closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981, as part of the ''
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of wide-reaching economic, social, and political reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938, in response to the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depressi ...
'' timetable for country passengers.
A 10-ton crane at the station, used for loading blocks of Harcourt granite quarried at nearby
Mount Alexander
Mount Alexander is a mountain located approximately 125 km north-west of Melbourne, near the town of Harcourt. It rises 350 metres above the surrounding area to a level of 744 metres above sea level. Being a prominent local landmark, ...
, was removed in 1973.
From 1982 to 2006, the station building on the former
down platform housed the studios of Goldfields Community Access Radio (3CCC).
Reopening proposals
In August 2018, the state government announced that it intended to re-open the station if it was re-elected at the
2018 state election.
There has been a campaign to reopen Harcourt station for many years since the closure but, , that was not included in state government plans for upgrading the Bendigo-Echuca line.
References
Disused railway stations in Victoria (state)
Railway stations in Australia closed in 1981
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