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Ruby railway station

Coordinates: 38°26′36″S 145°54′43″E / 38.4433°S 145.9120°E / -38.4433; 145.9120
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Ruby
General information
Line(s)South Gippsland
Platforms1
Tracks1 (2 till the 1970s)
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened17 December 1891
Closed1963

Ruby was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria. The station was opened during the 1890s and operated until the 1970s, after which the station building and platform were dismantled and levelled, and all sidings within the yard removed.

There is some evidence, however, of the former station at the site, including the former yards area (now used to store disused refrigerators and other white-goods), and flowering plants typically found at station sites now growing wild in the proximity including hydrangeas and roses.

Images of rail vehicles and trains passing through and stopped at the former Ruby Station are displayed at Korumburra railway station.

The SGR had plans to reconstruct a platform at the former station location. This would have provided additional stops for visitors and provide also for short shuttles train runs from either Leongatha or Korumburra. Additional benefits would have been for visitors to the region to experience additional towns and districts along the South Gippsland Line.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kardella style="background:#Template:Victoria color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   South Gippsland line style="background:#Template:Victoria color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Leongatha
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

38°26′36″S 145°54′43″E / 38.4433°S 145.9120°E / -38.4433; 145.9120