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Tarrawarra railway station

Coordinates: 37°39′24″S 145°25′28″E / 37.65667°S 145.42444°E / -37.65667; 145.42444
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Tarrawarra
Future Yarra Valley Railway station
Site of the former station, December 2012
General information
Coordinates37°39′24″S 145°25′28″E / 37.65667°S 145.42444°E / -37.65667; 145.42444
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byYarra Valley Railway
Line(s)Former Healesville line
Distance56.7 km (35.2 mi) from Flinders Street
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusUnder restoration
Station codeTWA
Websitehttp://www.yvr.org.au/
History
Opened15 May 1888
Closed15 March 1981

Tarrawarra was a station on the former Healesville line between Yarra Glen and Healesville stations, in Victoria, Australia. The station opened in 1889 and closed along with the line in December 1980. In the 1970s, timetables showed that the station was a flag stop because of the small number of passengers using the station.

History

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The section of track through the location of the station is now maintained by the Yarra Valley Railway, which is based at Healesville. A tourist service operates on weekends, and school and public holidays, using a restored Walker railmotor, to the rear of the Tarrawarra Estate Winery, just through the tunnel about 3 km east of the former station.

Tarrawarra station is expected to become a crossing loop when the station reopens as part of the restoration of the line to Yarra Glen. Work has commenced to replace the wooden bridges between the station and Yarra Glen, which were burned in the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009. Currently the Tarrawarra yard is being used as a major staging area for the restoration project.

N type carriages stored at Tarrawarra Station
N type carriages stored at Tarrawarra Station
Tarrawarra tunnel,
December 2012

References

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Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Yarra Glen   Yarra Valley Railway   Healesville
Entire line