History
The station opened as Kilmore on 18 April 1872, the railway having opened in the same year as part of the North East railway to Wodonga. Located two miles east of the town, the locality had been surveyed for a new town to be called Gavan Duffy but this did not eventuate. The opening of a branch line from Kilmore Junction to Kilmore in 1888 saw the station renamed Kilmore East, with the name Kilmore applied to a station closer to town on the new line.
A timber building was provided on the down platform in 1878 to replace four temporary structures. A temporary railway refreshment room operated at the station in 1873 until those at Seymour station were opened. The present station building dates to 1939. By 1878 a number of sidings for timber loading existed, and interlocking of signals was provided in 1899. A new lever frame was provided in 1914 when more sidings were added.
The quarry siding was opened 3 kilometres north of Kilmore East in 1976, but the majority of the other sidings were moved by the late 1980s.
Construction of a 7 kilometre long 'passing lane' on the parallel standard gauge line commenced in 2008, and is due for completion in February 2009. Part of the Australian Rail Track Corporation Melbourne - Sydney upgrade project, the extended passing loop runs from south of Kilmore East station north towards Broadford.
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