Porepunkah railway station
Porepunkah | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Porepunkah Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°42′S 146°55′E / 36.700°S 146.917°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 281 metres | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Victorian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Victorian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bright | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 309.90 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 17 October 1890 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 30 November 1983 | |||||||||||||||
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Porepunkah railway station was located on the Bright line serving the town of Porepunkah in Victoria. It opened on 17 October 1890 and closed on 30 November 1983.[1]
Porepunkah station was the location where the Manfield family transported tourists who were staying with them on their trips to Mount Buffalo Chalet.[2] It is now part of the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail.
References
[edit]- ^ Porepunkah Vicsig
- ^ Harper, Melissa (2007). "2: The arrival of the tourist walker". The ways of the bushwalker: On foot in Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. pp. 22–31. ISBN 978-0-86840-968-9.