Jeetho railway station

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Jeetho
General information
Line(s) South Gippsland
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened2 June 1891 [1]
Closed1963?
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Loch   South Gippsland line  Bena
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Jeetho was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in June 1891 and was closed during the 1950s, along with the nearby station of Whitelaw.

No station infrastructure remains at the site of Jeetho. Station Street still exists in the Jeetho township, a gravel and dirt road leading to farm gates, but no longer to the former station.

The station could not be reinstated as part of the former South Gippsland Tourist Railway due to a realignment of the track in the late 1960s, which meant that the former platform site was about 3 metres from the rail line. As well, the Jeetho township is around 2 kilometres from the former station, meaning that there was no local community or attractions for visitors, even if the station had been re-established.

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References

  1. Bowden, Keith Macrae (1970). The Great Southern Railway. K.M. Bowden & Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 73. ISBN   0858490005.

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