Erica railway station

Erica was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Officially opened in 1910, it became the terminus of the line on 4 October 1952, following the closure of the section of track to Platina, and closed on 25 June 1954.[1]

Erica
General information
Line(s)Walhalla
Platforms1
Tracks3
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened3 May 1910
Closed25 June 1954
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Collins Siding   Walhalla line   Knott's Siding
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

From 1941 onwards, the station had sidings serving a Forests Commission timber mill.[2]

Before the line opened, Erica was to be named Upper Moondarra, but was renamed Moondarra prior to 15 June 1908, and then renamed Harris, after Albert Harris, the member of parliament for Walhalla.[3] In 1914, it was renamed Erica after a local mountain.[4]

The site is currently leased by a caravan park, although it is planned to be the ultimate western terminus for the Walhalla Goldfields Railway.[5]

References
  1. Victorian Railways history Archived 30 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bill Russell's narrow gauge railway page
  3. "Albert Harris". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. The iron road to Walhalla, a history of the Moe-Walhalla railway by Marc Fiddian
  5. "Walhalla Goldfields Railway History". Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

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