Kingston railway station | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Kingston, Shire of Hepburn Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°22′31″S143°57′47″E / 37.375263°S 143.963119°E | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Ballarat to Daylesford railway line | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1976 | |||||||||||||||
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Kingston railway station was on the Ballarat to Daylesford railway line in Victoria, Australia. [1]
In the late 1970s many of the obsolescent Tait carriages were taken from Melbourne to Kingston and disposed of by being set on fire. The line closed shortly afterwards.
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