Crowes railway station

Crowes was a railway station located in the Otway Ranges. It was the southernmost railway terminus in mainland Australia.[1]

Crowes
Crowes Station soon after opening in 1912
Line(s)Crowes
Platforms1
Tracks4
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1910
Closed1954

History

Crowes station was opened on 20 June 1911,[2] as part of the extension of the Colac to Beech Forest Narrow-gauge railway.

The pig race and goods platform were removed in 1940, whilst No. 2 Road was removed in 1941.[3][4]

Station

The terminus had three lines and was served by a two layered station building and a goods shed.[5]

Services

The station's purpose and namesake was a local landowner who utilised the railway to ship timber and potatoes. The station rarely saw a regular passenger service, especially in its decline, due to low utilisation and isolation. Mixed trains often served the few passengers that ventured to Crowes, but they were inconvenient as goods trucks had to be shunted at each station, drastically increasing travel time.

The 1920s in particular were a boom period for the production of timber in the area.[6]

References

Footnotes
  1. Otway Districts Historical Society (2018a).
  2. Edwards (1963), p. 79.
  3. Downs (2017).
  4. Anchen (2012).
  5. Otway Districts Historical Society (2018b).
  6. Williams (1977), p. 92.

Sources
  • Anchen, Nick (2012). The narrow gauge : Whitfield Gembrook Crowes Walhalla. Ferntree Gully, Victoria: Sierra Publishing. ISBN 9780980764031. OCLC 742018109.
  • Downs, Edward A. (1963). Speed limit 20 : the story of the narrow-gauge Branch lines of the Victorian Railways. Melbourne: Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) – via Googlebooks.
  • Downs, Edward A. (2017) [1963]. Speed limit 20 plus : the story of the narrow-gauge Branch lines of the Victorian Railways. Melbourne: Puffing Billy Preservation Society. OCLC 1016149364.
  • "Photograph, Crowes: Terminus of the railway line, 1911". Victorian Collections. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  • "Photograph, Crowes Station, 1912". Victorian Collections. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  • Williams, L. B. (28 July 1977). "Timber Production in the Otway Region". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 89.1.


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