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Albury railway station is located on the New South Wales/Victorian border city of Albury. Designed and constructed under the supervision of John Whitton, it opened on 26 February 1882, replacing a temporary structure opened on 3 February 1881 when the Main South line was extended from Gerogery.〔(Opening of the Railway to Albury ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 4 February 1881 page 3〕〔(Albury Station ) NSWrail.net〕〔(Albury Railway Precinct ) NSW Environment & Heritage〕 The premiers of both New South Wales and Victoria attended the official opening of the 1881 station, marking the first time in Australian history that two colonial premiers had appeared together publicly.〔Terry G. Birtles School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical; Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. (Contested places for Australia’s capital city ). Retrieved 25 July 2014〕 By 1873 the Victorian line was complete as far as Wodonga, and so a rail trip between Sydney and Melbourne required the use of a short stagecoach connection to cross the Murray River. The Victorian Railways' broad gauge line from Wodonga opened on 14 June 1883.〔(New South Wales and Victoria Railways – The Albury-Wodonga Junction ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 15 June 1883 page 5〕〔(Albury ) Vicsig〕 The New South Wales Government Railways were built to the standard gauge, which meant travellers in both directions had to change trains at Albury. This resulted in a long platform being built to accommodate that move, then the longest in Australia.〔(The platform that stretches all the way back to the birth of a nation ) Destination Albury Wodonga〕 In April 1962, a new standard gauge line to Melbourne's Spencer Street station opened and thus the ''Intercapital Daylight'', ''Southern Aurora'' and ''Spirit of Progress'' began to operate without the need to change trains. However the ''Riverina Express'' continued to terminate at Albury until November 1993 with passengers transferring to V/Line services to continue into Victoria. Albury had extensive transshipment facilities with all freight also required to be transferred. Later a bogie change facility was opened. It also featured locomotive and carriage depots.〔 Much of the yard was demolished to make way for the Hume Highway bypass in 2005. ==Platforms & services== Albury is served by NSW TrainLink XPT services from Sydney Central to Melbourne Southern Cross services and terminating V/Line services to and from Melbourne Southern Cross.〔(Albury - Melbourne ) Public Transport Victoria〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albury railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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