Whitelaw railway station

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Whitelaw
General information
Line(s) South Gippsland
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened2 June 1891;133 years ago (1891-06-02) [1]
Closedc. 1963;61 years ago (1963)
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bena   South Gippsland line  Korumburra
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Whitelaw was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in June 1891 and was closed during the 1950s, along with the nearby station of Jeetho.

No evidence of the station remains: all buildings, platforms, sidings and other rail infrastructure were removed from the site in the late 1960s, a few years after the station's official closure.

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References

  1. Bowden, Keith Macrae (1970). The Great Southern Railway. K.M. Bowden & Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 73. ISBN   0858490005.

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