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Yarrawonga-Oaklands rail ticket 1978. The Oaklands railway line is a freight-only railway line in north-eastern Victoria, Australia.The line branches from the main North East railway at Benalla station and runs across the Victoria-New South Wales border to the town of Oaklands, New South Wales.
Yarrawonga: 249.2. Telford: 240.2. Tungamah: 228.1. St James ... 195.3. Benalla . North East line: to Melbourne This is a route-map template for the Oaklands railway ...
The Yarrawonga - Oaklands line opened in 1938 and met the NSWGR Oaklands line at a break-of-gauge. [2] It remains open today for grain traffic and has been converted to standard gauge. The line from Robinvale to Lette never officially opened, but the Railway Construction Branch ran an annual train on it from 1932 until it was dismantled in 1943 ...
A branch line opened from Benalla to St James in 1883, Yarrawonga in 1886 and Oaklands in 1938, with a break of gauge there until the State Rail Authority line closed south of Boree Creek. A second 18 + 1 ⁄ 4 -mile (29.4 km) branch line from Benalla to Tatong was opened in 1914 and closed in 1947.
Oaklands railway line, New South Wales, Australia; Oaklands railway line, Victoria, Australia This page was last edited on 2 December 2023, at 02:31 (UTC). Text is ...
Benalla railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, ... The Oaklands branch line to St James opened in 1883, and was extended to Yarrawonga in 1886.
A standard gauge branch line from the New South Wales Government Railways Main South line at The Rock was extended from Lockhart to Oaklands in 1912. [5]A broad gauge branch line from the Victorian Railways North East line at Benalla was extended from Yarrawonga to Oaklands in 1938, creating a break-of-gauge until the New South Wales line was closed south of Boree Creek.
Yarrawonga was founded as a village in 1868, [4] [5] with a Post Office being opened on 28 November 1874, [8] and a courthouse the very same year. [7] It was connected by rail to Melbourne in 1886. [4] [7] Yarrawonga was proclaimed a shire in 1891, [4] [5] It was renamed from 'North Yarrawonga Shire' (1891) to 'Yarrawonga Shire' in 1893. [4]