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Foster railway station

Coordinates: 38°39′31″S 146°12′25″E / 38.6587°S 146.2070°E / -38.6587; 146.2070
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Foster
General information
Line(s)South Gippsland
Platforms1
Tracks4
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1892; 132 years ago (1892)
Closed6 June 1981; 43 years ago (1981-06-06)
(Station)
1992; 32 years ago (1992) (Line)
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hoddle   South Gippsland line   Bennison
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Foster was a railway station on the South Gippsland railway line in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened during the 1890s operated until 1992 when the line to Barry Beach servicing the oil fields in Bass Strait was closed. The line was dismantled and turned into the Great Southern Rail Trail.

38°39′31″S 146°12′25″E / 38.6587°S 146.2070°E / -38.6587; 146.2070