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Bennison railway station

Coordinates: 38°39′59″S 146°15′56″E / 38.66639°S 146.26556°E / -38.66639; 146.26556
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Bennison
General information
Line(s)South Gippsland
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1892; 132 years ago (1892)
Closed1 August 1973; 51 years ago (1973-08-01)
(Station)
1992; 32 years ago (1992) (Line)
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Foster   South Gippsland line   Toora
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Bennison (originally Franklin River) was a railway station on the South Gippsland line, in South Gippsland, Victoria. The station was opened during the 1890s, and was closed to all traffic on 1 August 1973,[1] at a time when many other stations and lines were closing around Victoria. The line was closed in 1991, at the same time as the line to Barry Beach, servicing the oil fields in Bass Strait, was closed. The line was then dismantled and turned into the Great Southern Rail Trail.

References

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  1. ^ "Way and Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1973. p. 195.

38°39′59″S 146°15′56″E / 38.66639°S 146.26556°E / -38.66639; 146.26556