Healesville railway station, Melbourne
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Healesville is a railway station in Victoria, Australia
. Formerly the terminus of the Healesville railway line, it is currently the principal station of the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway
.
A temporary station was built on the site in 1888–1889 when the railway line was extended from Lilydale
to Healesville
. The current station was built in 1903 and is now listed with Heritage Victoria.
The station closed along with the Healesville line in 1980. It sat idle for some years, but has now restored as part of the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway, which is based out of Healesville. It currently opens on weekends, school holidays, and public holidays. Trolley services operate heading 4.5 km to near Tarra Warra Winery. As of April 2010, works are currently underway to restore the line to Tarrawarra railway station.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Formerly the terminus of the Healesville railway line, it is currently the principal station of the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway
Yarra Valley Tourist Railway
The Yarra Valley Railway is a tourist railway operating on a section of the former Healesville railway which operated between Lilydale and Healesville in the Yarra Valley area northeast of Melbourne, Australia.- History :...
.
A temporary station was built on the site in 1888–1889 when the railway line was extended from Lilydale
Lilydale, Victoria
Lilydale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 35 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district situated in the Olinda Creek valley. At the 2006 Census, Lilydale had a population of 13,887...
to Healesville
Healesville, Victoria
Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 52 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges...
. The current station was built in 1903 and is now listed with Heritage Victoria.
The station closed along with the Healesville line in 1980. It sat idle for some years, but has now restored as part of the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway, which is based out of Healesville. It currently opens on weekends, school holidays, and public holidays. Trolley services operate heading 4.5 km to near Tarra Warra Winery. As of April 2010, works are currently underway to restore the line to Tarrawarra railway station.
External links
- Heritage Victoria: Healesville Railway Station Complex
- Photograph of Healesville station, circa 1930
- Photograph of steam engine R 303 and drivers at Healesville, 1898
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