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Colquhoun Railway Station was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as part of the Orbost railway line. The station has long since closed, with the last train passing the site in 1987.
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Bruthen Railway Station was opened on Monday 10 April 1916, as part of the Orbost railway line. The station officially closed on Monday, 24 August 1987.
References
- ↑ "Nowa_Nowa". www.vicrailstations.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ↑ "East Gippsland Rail Trail - Trail Notes: EGRT/Section 3:16 - 22" (PDF). East Gippsland Rail Trail Official Site. 12 January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1987. p. 91.
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