Orbost railway station

Orbost Railway Station was located in Orbost, Victoria and was the terminus of the Orbost railway line. 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]

Orbost
Orbost railway station
Coordinates37°43′03″S 148°27′04″E
Elevation9.4 m (31 ft)
Line(s)Orbost
Distance
Platforms1
Tracks4
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened10 April 1916 (1916-04-10)
Closed24 August 1987 (1987-08-24)
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Waygara   Orbost line   Terminus
List of closed railway stations in Victoria
Location
Orbost
Location within Shire of East Gippsland

History

Orbost Railway Station was opened on Monday 10 April 1916, and closed on 24 August 1987. Little evidence remains of the station itself, other than bits of the concrete face of the passenger platform.

Bridges

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]

Orbost station Vicsig

References
  1. "Orbost". Victorian Railway Stations. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  2. "Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. 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.
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