Alexandra railway line

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The Alexandra Line was a short branch line in Victoria, Australia, that connected with the Mansfield railway line at Cathkin. The branch was opened from Cathkin to Koriella station on 16 September 1890,[1] and to the terminus at Alexandra on 28 October 1910.[2]

Alexandra
Overview
Status	Closed
Stations	2
Service
Type	V/Line passenger service
History
Commenced	1890
Opened	1890 to Koriella 1909 to Alexandra
Completed	1909
Closed	8 November 1978
Technical
Number of tracks	Single with Passing loops

The branch was closed in 1978, at the same time as the Mansfield line.[3] The rail reserve is now part of the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail.

The Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum has occupied the Alexandra station buildings since the 1970s and, since the line was closed, have operated a museum at the station site, dedicated to the timber industry in the local area.[4]

Alexandra railway line

"Koriella". Vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
"Alexandra". Vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.
"Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum". Alexandra Timber Tramway. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

Mansfield Line

at Cathkin Station

Photographs of stations along the Alexandra line

Railway lines in Victoria

Main lines
Deniliquin Mildura North East (Sydney–Melbourne) Orbost Piangil Portland Serviceton South Gippsland Tocumwal Warrnambool Western standard gauge (Melbourne–Adelaide)

Branch lines

Metropolitan District	Albion–Jacana Deer Park–West Werribee Gembrook Newport–Sunshine Powelltown South Kensington–West Footscray Webb Dock
Western & Southwestern District	Alvie Ballarat-Daylesford Ballarat Cattle Yards Balmoral (Hamilton to East Natimuk) Bolangum Buninyong Carpolac Casterton Colac–Ballarat Coleraine Crowes Forrest Fyansford Grampians Hamilton–Koroit Mortlake Mount Gambier Navarre Patchewollock Pinnaroo Queenscliff Skipton Timboon Waubra Wensleydale Yaapeet Yanac
Northern & Midland District	Balranald Cohuna Daylesford Deniliquin Koondrook Kulwin Lancefield Morkalla Redesdale Robinvale Shelbourne Stony Crossing Wedderburn Yelta
North Eastern District	Alexandra Bright Cobram Colbinabbin Cudgewa Girgarre Heathcote Katamatite Mansfield Oaklands Peechelba East Picola Tatong Wahgunyah Whitfield Yackandandah
Eastern District	Briagolong Maffra Mirboo North Noojee Outtrim Strzelecki Thorpdale Walhalla Wonthaggi Woodside Yallourn lines
Narrow gauge branch lines	Crowes Gembrook Powelltown Tyers Valley Walhalla Welshpool Jetty Whitfield
Cross country lines	Avoca Eaglehawk–Inglewood Geelong-Ballarat Moolort Toolamba-Echuca

V/Line services
Albury Ballarat Ararat Maryborough Melton Bendigo Echuca Swan Hill Geelong Warrnambool Gippsland Bairnsdale Seymour Shepparton

Metropolitan services

Current services	Alamein Belgrave City Loop Craigieburn Cranbourne Flemington Racecourse Frankston Glen Waverley Hurstbridge Lilydale Pakenham Sandringham Mernda Stony Point Sunbury Upfield Werribee Williamstown
Former lines	Healesville Inner Circle Kew Mont Park Mornington Outer Circle Port Melbourne Red Hill Rosstown Railway Spring Vale Cemetery St Kilda St Kilda–Windsor Warburton Whittlesea

Tourist railways

Operational	Bellarine Railway Daylesford Spa Country Railway Mornington Railway Puffing Billy Railway Victorian Goldfields Railway Walhalla Goldfields Railway Yarra Valley Railway
Former	South Gippsland Railway

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