Platina railway station

Platina was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in 1910, and consisted of a passenger shed and a number of sidings. The Evans brothers built two lime kilns nearby in 1912, and had their own siding at the station, connected to the kilns by a tramway.[1]

Platina
General information
Line(s)Walhalla
Platforms1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened3 May 1910
Closed14 October 1952
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Murie   Walhalla line   Thomson
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

In 1944, the railway line between Platina and Walhalla was closed. The lime quarries and kilns ceased operating in 1951, which led to the closure of the Erica to Platina section of the railway the following year.

All that exists at the former site of Platina Station is a small shelter and a grassed picnic area. A road overbridge is located at the down end of the station site. The route of the line is now used by the Walhalla Goldfields Rail Trail.[2]

The Walhalla Goldfields Railway have plans to extend the tourist railway to Platina and eventually to Erica.[3]

See also

References
  1. "White Rock Limeworks" (PDF). Victorian Goldfields Project. Victorian Department Of Natural Resources & Environment. February 1990. p. 27.0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. "Walhalla Goldfields Rail Trail". Rail Trails Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. "Walhalla Goldfields Railway History". Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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