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Albury (/ ˈ ɔː l b ər i /; Wiradjuri: Bungambrawatha) is a major regional city that is located in the Murray region of New South Wales, Australia.It is part of the twin city of Albury-Wodonga and is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River.
The Albury line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between the state capital of Melbourne and the regional cities of Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga, and the NSW border city of Albury.
The population of the City of Albury area was 53,767 [1] in June 2018. Albury is located 460 kilometres (290 mi) to the south–west of Sydney and 260 kilometres (160 mi) to the north–east of Melbourne. The national Hume Highway passes through the area.
The Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company opened the first section of the Albury line, from North Melbourne to Essendon, in 1860. [3] Following its takeover by the Victorian Government in 1867, the line was extended by 1872 [ 4 ] to School House Lane on the south side of the Goulburn River near Seymour , and later that year to Seymour and then ...
Albury line service Melbourne bound, outside Seymour. The Albury-Wodonga line was formerly the only broad gauge line operated by V/Line to cross the border into New South Wales, with the primary terminus being located in the New South Wales town of Albury. In 2008 the broad gauge line closed for conversion, with this completed in 2011.
Aerial view of Albury Aerial view of Wodonga, to the left of the stream of water. In the early 1970s, Albury-Wodonga was selected as the primary focus of the Whitlam Federal Labor government's scheme to arrest the uncontrolled growth of Australia's large metropolitan areas (in particular Sydney and Melbourne) by
Albury Airport (IATA: ABX, ICAO: YMAY) is a regional airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of Albury, Australia. The airport, which also serves Albury's adjacent twin city of Wodonga .
Prior to 1962, travelling south of Albury into Victoria required a change of trains (due to gauge differences between NSW and Victoria) and often an overnight stay. From March 1956, a daylight connection was introduced between Sydney and Melbourne whereby a train from Sydney connected at Albury with a train to Melbourne and vice versa.