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Panorama of the Serviceton Railway Station in Serviceton, 435 kilometres north-west of Melbourne in the West Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia.
Construction of this station was completed in 1889 when the town Serviceton started to develop as a major border crossing between South Australia and Victoria.
The station was built on the old border where the South Australian and Victorian railways were joined in 1887. Due to a surveying error the border was moved 3.6 kilometres west in 1913. The station with 15 rooms on 3 levels closed in 1986.
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
