Re: Victorian Closed Stations near Melbourne.

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

Geoff Lambert wrote:

> David Langley <del@ancc.com.au> wrote:
>
> >A recent discussion regarding Melbourne's second grade stations prompted
> >someone to ask for a list of stations located within 100 km of
> >Melbourne, ............................
>
> Ballarat line
>
> You might add the following, which had platforms, or at least showed
> passengers "in" and "out" in the Annual Reports
>
> >Ardeer (1st). August 1956.
> Staughton 1954 (?)

Staughton's Siding closed 7 Mar 1955.

>
> >Parwan,  3 August 1986
> Bacchus Marsh Racecourse 1891 (?)

Bacchus Marsh RC closed - that's a good question, research will follow.

>
> >Rowsley,  16 July 1956
> >Ingliston, 7 April 1963
> >Bradshaw,  21 November 1955
> >Llandeilo,  2 November 1953
> >Gordon,  29 March 1985
> >Millbrook,  7 October 1969
>
> Closed sidings here were many, but what does anybody know of Leather
> Products Siding (or some very similar name) between Sunshine and
> Ardeer, exact mileage unknown, open at least 1930 - 1934?  It appears
> in the Traffic Returns, but I've never seen it anywhere else.

Never heard of Leather Products Siding but there may have been an industry
situated on the Ardeer Siding somewhere that sent this type of product by
rail?
Other closed sidings on the west are:
Ravenhall Siding cl 6 Feb 1978 (18.2km)
Sandringham Quarry Sdg cl 10 Mar 1931 (18.3km)
J.Hocking & Sons Sdg cl 19 Sep 1941 (30.6km) was Cockbill's Sdg until 24 Jan
1936.
Bacchus Marsh Works Sdg cl June 1922 (in cutting upside Bacchus Marsh.)
Dog Trap Gully Sdg cl 10 Dec 1897 (58.7km)
Long Siding cl 1891? (65.8km)
Wallace Chaff Sdg cl 4 Jan 1924 (98.4km)
Ideal Cheese Sdg cl 8 Sep 1962 (108.5km)

Other locations are:
Hilton (25.7km) little known about - open 28 Sep 1888, cl about 1897.
Bank Box Block Post (65km) open 17 May 1920, cl 7 Apr 1963.
Warrenheip Bank Box (115.1km) open 1896, cl unknown)