The railway reached Echuca in 1864 and, with the opening of the
Echuca Wharf, the town was transformed into a major
river port, encouraging substantial urban growth in the 1870s. In 1876, the
Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company opened its -long private railway northwards to
Deniliquin. The brick station building at Echuca was provided with the opening of the line, along with a double-gabled brick
goods shed, and a three-road
locomotive depot. The station building was expanded in 1877, and a large
water tower was erected in the same year (demolished in 1977). An iron
footbridge was added in 1880. In June 1974, the former northern waiting room section of the station building was demolished. A concrete rail bridge over the
Murray River, to the north of the station, was opened in February 1989, replacing a combined road and rail bridge that had opened in 1878. By 2002, work was under way, with the cost having increased to $330,000. However, by 2007, the branch was again out of use and was disconnected from the main line. The branch line from Echuca to
Toolamba closed in 2007, but was reopened in October 2013. Services on the line were suspended in January 2020. ==Platforms and services==