Maffra railway line

Maffra railway
Overview
Type V/Line passenger service
Status Closed
Operation
Opened 1883/1887
Closed 1986/1994

The Maffra railway line is a closed railway line in Victoria, Australia. The line provided an alternative route to East Gippsland than the current route to Sale. The line was closed in stages from Traralgon to Cowwarr in 1986, and from Cowwarr to Maffra in 1994. In the later years of the line, the main purpose of the line was to serve dairy industries at Maffra.

The last passenger service from Traralgon to Maffra was run by a 153hp Walker railmotor on 7 July 1977. A replacement bus service started 2 days later.[1] The last freight service on the line was on 8 September 1994, being 9470 up goods to Sale with locomotive N472, a single container wagon, and rail tractor RT49.[2]

Line guide

Maffra-Tinamba '2nd class' ticket issued ~20 years after term abolished
Trestle bridge between Traralgon and Glengarry

Distances from Southern Cross Station shown.

Maffra railway line
Legend
 km
Gippsland line at Traralgon
 167.6 Glengarry
 176.0 Toongabbie
 184.15 Cowwarr
 189.54 Dawson
 195.05 Heyfield
 204.85 Tinamba
 212.57 Maffra
 Briagolong line
 Powerscourt
 Gippsland line at Stratford

References

  1. ↑ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Vol. 25 no. 3. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 77–82.
  2. ↑ "Operations". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1995. p. 23.


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