Bumberrah | ||||||||||||||||
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 The former station site at Bumberrah, looking south | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Orbost | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1916 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1977 | |||||||||||||||
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Bumberrah Railway Station and siding was opened on Monday 10 April 1916 as part of the Orbost railway line. The station was closed in 1977, with the last train passing the site in 1987.[1][2]
The former station grounds have been preserved, with a diversity of native flora on the site remaining as a result of it being protected from grazing stock during its time in use by the railways.
As part of the East Gippsland Rail Trail, which follows the route of the former rail line, a new station name board has been erected at the site, along with a rest shelter and information board in a remnant grassy woodland reserve.[3][4]
Gallery
Looking north from the former station site
References
- ↑ "Bumberrah". Victorian Railway Stations. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ "Rail » Infrastructure » Bumberrah". Vicsig Railways. VICSIG. 1997–2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ↑ East Gippsland Shire Council (2007). "East Gippsland Rail Trail". James Yeates Printing & Design.
- ↑ "East Gippsland Rail Trail: Trail Notes". East Gippsland Rail Trail Official Site. 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
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