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Line(s) | Wahgunyah | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 29 January 1879 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 10 April 1978 | |||||||||||||||
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Rutherglen is a closed station on the Wahgunyah railway line, located in the town of Rutherglen, in Victoria, Australia.
The Wahgunyah line was opened as a whole from Springhurst to Wahgunyah in 1879. The passenger service was withdrawn on 13 April 1962, the last branch line mixed train to operate in Victoria. A crossover between No. 2 and 3 tracks was abolished in 1973. [1] The station officially closed on 10 April 1978. [2] The following year, in 1979, the goods shed was demolished. [3]
Freight services were suspended in 1995, with the line practically closed. The 'Green Trail Associates Group' operated a trolley service over the line between Wahgunyah and Rutherglen for a number of years, known as the 'Stringybark Express – Lil Red Postal Motor'. In 2002, the line was handed back to the Victorian Government by lease holder Freight Australia, [4] and in 2006, it was announced that the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail would be built along the closed line, with 9 kilometres of trail.
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