Bacchus Marsh Railway Station
Bacchus Marsh is a railway station located at Station Street Maddingley, Victoria and serving the town of Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia. The station is 52 kilometres from Flinders Street Station in Melbourne by rail. It is served by V/Line passenger services on the Ballarat Line.
The station is staffed for the sale of tickets, and has a large commuter carpark. The rail yard has a number of tracks used to stable trains, and also has a 70' turntable that is mainly used for turning steam locomotives on special trains.
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