Timboon railway line

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Timboon
Overview
Stations6
Service
TypeV/Line passenger service
History
Opened5 April 1892 [1]
Closed8 December 1986 [1]
Technical
Line length35.92 km
Number of tracks Single
Melbourne-Timboon rail ticket 1978 Melbourne-Timboon rail ticket 1978.jpg
Melbourne-Timboon rail ticket 1978

The Timboon railway line is a closed railway line, in Victoria, Australia, which branched from the Port Fairy line, near Camperdown, and served the towns of Cobden and Timboon, along with the farming communities of the area.

The first sod was turned on 14 February 1889 by John Walls of Camperdown who stated that the Railway league had been lobbying for 22 years for rail into the district. [2] The contractors, Messrs. Buscombe, Chappel & Bell took three years to complete the line. The 1916 Government Railways Standing Committee rejected the submission to extend the line to Port Campbell. [3]

Much of the line was dismantled during 1987. [4] All signalling and safeworking equipment at Timboon Junction were abolished by September of the same year. [5]

The section of the line between Naroghid and Timboon has been converted into the Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail. [6]

Line guide

Timboon railway line
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Port Fairy line at Camperdown Station
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Naroghid
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Cobden
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Elingamite
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Glenfyne
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Curdies River
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Timboon

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 victorianrailways.net
  2. "CAMPERDOWN TO CURDIE'S RIVER RAILWAY". Leader . No. 1727. Victoria, Australia. 16 February 1889. p. 31. Retrieved 27 March 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Timboon Railway Extension". Camperdown Chronicle. 13 January 1917 via Trove.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1987. p. 219.
  5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1988. p. 29.
  6. Crater to Coast Rail Trail – railtrails.org.au