 From Melbourne , broad gauge railway lines opened to Deniliquin in 1876 and west to Moulamein and Balranald in 1926 . The Moulamein – Balranald section closed in the 1980s . The North East line reached Wodonga in 1873 , and was connected to Albury at a break @-@ of @-@ gauge in 1883 , and the Melbourne @-@ Shepparton line was extended to Tocumwal in 1908 . 
