Beetoomba railway station

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Beetoomba
General information
Line(s) Cudgewa
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened10 April 1919
Closed1 March 1981
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Shelley   Cudgewa line  Wabba
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Beetoomba is a closed station located near Berringama, on the Cudgewa railway line in Victoria, Australia. Today there is nothing left of the station apart from a platform mound and buffer stop.

The passenger platform was shortened from 15.5m to 8.5m in 1976. [1]

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References

  1. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1976. p. 92.

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