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| Status | Closed |
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| Stations | 17 |
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| Type | Mixed passenger/goods service |
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| Opened | 1899 |
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| Closed | 1953 |
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| Line length | 30.5 mi (49 km) |
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| Track gauge | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) |
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North East railway line
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Wangaratta Survey started from
145 mi 31 ch 55 li (233.990 km). | |
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Roy Street
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Alignment of standard gauge through Wangaratta, 1962-2023
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Perry Street
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| Harper Street diverted | | when line built. |
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Moore Street & Crisp Street truncated
when railway built, since reconnected | |
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One Mile Creek adjacent to line | |
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Graham Avenue
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Added 21 May 1929
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Murdoch Road
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Vincent Road
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Valdoris Avenue*
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White Street
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Murdoch Road service lane*
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Murdoch Road service lane*
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Cribbes Road
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Donovan Drive*
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Wenhams Lane
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Murdoch Road becomes
Wangaratta-Walhalla Road here | |
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Targoora
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Laceby-Targoora Road
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(formerly Greta Road)
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Pyles Lane
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Laceby Nankervis Lane
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Oxley
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Deviation after Oxley; add
48 li (9.7 m) to distances below | |
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Snow Road
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Oxley-Greta West Road
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Croppers Creek (now Factory Creek)
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Bridge No.1
6x 15 ft (4.6 m) | |
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Tetleys Lane
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Walley Lane
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Skehan
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Alexanders Lane
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Plemings Lane
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| Diffeys Lane / Docker-Carboor Road | | Docker-Greta Road West |
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Docker Formerly Laceby
then Dockers | |
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Bridge No.2
3x 15 ft (4.6 m) | |
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Furlans Lane
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Byrne
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Hodges Lane*
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Bridge No.3
3x 11 ft (3.4 m) | |
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Hoults Lane
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Moyhu
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Market Street
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Bartley Street
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Boggy Creek
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Bridge No.4
15x 11 ft (3.4 m) | |
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Boggy Creek Road
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Bridge No.5
6x 15 ft (4.6 m) | |
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Angleside
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| Wangaratta-Whitfield Road | | & Kielys Lane |
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Jones Creek
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Bridge No.6
3x 15 ft (4.6 m) | |
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Claremont Burrowes Lane
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Unnamed road
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Bridge No.7
4x 11 ft (3.4 m) | |
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Dwyer
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Larkins Lane
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Bridge No.8
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Edi-Cheshunt Road
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Edi
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Porters Lane
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| Deviation of line during construction; add | | additional 6 li (1.2 m) to distances below |
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Edi Cutting
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| Approximately | | 33 ch (664 m) long |
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Wangaratta-Whitfield Road
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Bridge No.9
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Hyem
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Cemetery Lane
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Laffy Lane*
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Honeys Lane*
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Bridge No.10
3x 11 ft (3.4 m) | |
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King Valley
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Bridge No.11
4x 11 ft (3.4 m) | |
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Bridge No.12
4x 15 ft (4.6 m) | |
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Jarrott
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Jarrot Siding Lane*
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Bridge No.13
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Bridge No.14
4x 11 ft (3.4 m) | |
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Pieper Peipers Lane
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Bridge No.15
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Whitty Lane
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Valley View Drive*
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Whitfield
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Asterisks (*) indicate roads extended over the railway alignment
post-closure. Private property access driveways not shown.
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The Whitfield railway line was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway located in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, branching from the main North East railway at Wangaratta to the terminus of Whitfield.
The line was the first of four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. Unlike the other three narrow gauge lines, it was built through mostly flat, open, agricultural country, following the King River. The 30.5-mile (49 km) line was built as a narrow gauge one because it was thought that it might be extended into the mountainous country to the south, although that never happened. One of the proposed extensions was to Tolmie.
The line relied mostly on local agricultural traffic, and opened with a daily mixed train. By the 1930s that had been reduced to a weekly goods service plus daily mail deliveries, and stayed at the reduced level until the railway closed in 1953. There was only one lineside industry, a dairy at Moyhu, and the majority of stations were nameboards at road crossings.