Yarra Junction railway station
Yarra Junction was a railway station on the Warburton east of Melbourne, Australia. The station operated until the line closed in 1965. The building was constructed in 1888 as the Lilydale railway station but was relocated to Yarra Junction in 1914 following the construction of a new station at Lilydale.[1] The building now houses the Upper Yarra Museum.[2]
Yarra Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Warburton | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 November 1901 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1 August 1965 | |||||||||||||||
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Between 1913 and 1945, Yarra Junction was the junction station for the 3-foot (914 mm) gauge Powelltown Tramway.
References
- "Upper Yarra Museum". Culture Victoria. Creative Victoria. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- "About Us". Upper Yarra Valley Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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