Redesdale Junction | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°13′47″S144°24′39″E / 37.229661°S 144.410880°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Redesdale railway line | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 15 January 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 29 June 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Redesdale Junction was a railway station and junction for the Redesdale line near Kyneton in Victoria, Australia. The junction employed a station master, porter, assistant gatekeeper and ganger. [1] A post office operated from the junction until the station master position was abolished in 1930.
The junction was an important centre for the small community. In 1918 the station master was given a lavish farewell and a marble clock when it was announced he was being transferred. [2]
The sandstone used for the Shrine of Remembrance was quarried nearby and taken by train to Melbourne via Redesdale Junction. [3]
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