Tarrawarra railway station

Tarrawarra
Site of the former station, December 2012
General information
Coordinates	37°39′24″S145°25′28″E / 37.65667°S 145.42444°E / -37.65667; 145.42444
System	Future Yarra Valley Railway station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Yarra Valley Railway
Line	Former Healesville line
Distance	56.7 km (35.2 mi) from Flinders Street
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Under restoration
Station code	TWA
Website	http://www.yvr.org.au/
History
Opened	15 May 1888
Closed	15 March 1981
Location

Tarrawarra was a station on the former Healesville line between Yarra Glen and Healesville stations, in Victoria, Australia. The station opened in 1889 and closed along with the line in December 1980. In the 1970s, timetables showed that the station was a flag stop because of the small number of passengers using the station.

History

The section of track through the location of the station is now maintained by the Yarra Valley Railway, which is based at Healesville. A tourist service operates on weekends, and school and public holidays, using a restored Walker railmotor, to the rear of the Tarrawarra Estate Winery, just through the tunnel about 3 km east of the former station.

Tarrawarra station is expected to become a crossing loop when the station reopens as part of the restoration of the line to Yarra Glen. Work has commenced to replace the wooden bridges between the station and Yarra Glen, which were burned in the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009. Currently the Tarrawarra yard is being used as a major staging area for the restoration project.

N type carriages stored at Tarrawarra Station

Tarrawarra tunnel,
December 2012

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Yarra Glen		Yarra Valley Railway		Healesville
Entire line