Orbost railway station
Orbost | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Orbost | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1916 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1987 | |||||||||||||||
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Orbost Railway Station was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as the terminus of the Orbost railway line, and closed in 1987. To save on the costs of a bridge over the Snowy River, which had highly variable levels, the station was located on the west side of the river, even though the town of Orbost was on the east side.[1] Little evidence remains of the station itself, other than bits of the concrete face of the passenger platform.
Part of the former line were the Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges, two lengthy low-level bridges forming part of a causeway over the river flats, leading towards the station site. One bridge is 770 metres long and the other 183 metres long, and comprise a series of timber and steel trestles.[2] The bridges still exist in a degraded state, and there is a local campaign to preserve them so they can become part of the existing 97-kilometre East Gippsland Rail Trail, and encourage more cyclists to the region.[3]
References
- ^ "Orbost". Victorian Railway Stations. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ Bernasconi, Amelia (12 March 2019). "Community rallies to save Victoria's longest timber rail bridge, the historic Snowy River rail bridge". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
37°43′02″S 148°27′04″E / 37.71722°S 148.45111°E
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