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Thomson railway station

Coordinates: 37°57′36″S 146°25′9″E / 37.96000°S 146.41917°E / -37.96000; 146.41917
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Thomson
Walhalla Goldfields Railway station
General information
Location168.24 km (104.54 mi) from Flinders Street
Line(s)Walhalla Goldfields
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusTourist station
History
Opened3 May 1910
1995 (re-opened)
Closed1 April 1944

Thomson is a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located where the line crossed the Thomson River. The station was situated on the section of line closed in 1944.

Train crossing the Thomson River bridge, c. 1910

The station reopened in 1995, and is now the headquarters of the Walhalla Goldfields Railway. The platform and wooden station building had been reconstructed at Thomson for use by WGR tourist trains as a terminus.

A large bridge across the Thomson River is at the down end of the station. Two trestle bridges at the up end of the station have been dismantled in preparation for their restoration as part of a future extension of the railway to Erica.

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Platina   Walhalla Goldfields Railway   Happy Creek
Entire line

37°57′36″S 146°25′9″E / 37.96000°S 146.41917°E / -37.96000; 146.41917