Re: Districts appeal for standard rail lines (Victoria)

John Dennis (jdennis@acslink.net.au)
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:23:14 GMT

On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:59:51 GMT, G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff
Lambert) wrote:

>"D. Lindstrom" <D_Lindstrom@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>>When did the Port Fairy-Hamilton line exist?
>>Does anyone recall?
>
>It didn't. There was a Koroit-Hamilton line, that closed in the
>1960's, possibly the 1950's. Details of most of the history of these
>lines, also the Dunkeld-Penhurst, closed nearly 100 years ago, in
>Keith Turton's 1968(?) book about rail lines in the area

Not a lot of help, but the line was still operating in the November
1964 Western District W.T.T.

Cheers...JD
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