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Briagolong railway station

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plant alongside several trucks of wood at Briagolong station were destroyed by a fire, with the loss estimated to be £200. The station closed in 1952. The raised embankment and sections that made up the base of the railway line can still be seen at the site of the station today, as well as an
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By 1920, the Railway Commissioners had declined to appoint a stationmaster for Briagolong, due to the traffic at the station not warranting it. In early 1940, a
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The station opened concurrently with the Briagolong railway line in 1889, and was 232 km from
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indentation in the ground where the turntable used to be located.
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Index

Briagolong
Bushy Park
Briagolong
List of closed railway stations in Victoria
Briagolong
Briagolong railway line
Victoria
Australia
Southern Cross
Maffra Spectator
firewood
"The Maffra to Briagolong line"
Gippsland Times
"Maffra to Briagolong Railway Timetable"
Maffra Spectator
"THE Maffra Spectator"
Maffra Spectator
"The Gippsland Times"
Gippsland Times
"FIRE AT STATION"
The Argus
ISBN
0-9579946-8-0
37°50′47″S 147°04′13″E / 37.84645°S 147.07018°E / -37.84645; 147.07018


railway station
Victoria (state)
stub
expanding it

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