Timboon railway line

The Timboon railway line is a closed railway line, in Victoria, Australia, which branched from the Port Fairy line, near Camperdown, and served the towns of Cobden and Timboon, along with the farming communities of the area.

Timboon
Overview
Stations6
Service
TypeV/Line passenger service
History
Opened5 April 1892 [1]
Closed8 December 1986 [1]
Technical
Line length35.92 km
Number of tracksSingle
Melbourne-Timboon rail ticket 1978

The first sod was turned on 14 February 1889 by John Walls of Camperdown who stated that the Railway league had been lobbying for 22 years for rail into the district.[2] The contractors, Messrs. Buscombe, Chappel & Bell took three years to complete the line.


The 1916 Government Railways Standing Committee rejected the submission to extend the line to Port Campbell[3]


The section of the line between Naroghid and Timboon has been converted into the Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail.[4]

Much of the line was dismantled during 1987.[5] All signalling and safeworking equipment at Timboon Junction were abolished by September of the same year.[6]

Line guide
Timboon railway line
 Port Fairy line at Camperdown Station
 Naroghid
 Cobden
 Elingamite
 Glenfyne
 Curdies River
 Timboon

References
Notes
  1. victorianrailways.net
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198065821?searchTerm=daniel%20curdie Camperdown to Curdies River railway.
  3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65015758?searchTerm=Camden%20football%20club&searchLimits=l-state=Victoria%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=191%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1917
  4. Crater to Coast Rail Trail - railtrails.org.au
  5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1987. p. 219.
  6. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 29.


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