Briagolong is a closed station located in the town of Briagolong, at the terminus of the Briagolong railway line in Victoria, Australia.
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| Line(s) | Briagolong | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1889 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1952 | |||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station opened concurrently with the Briagolong railway line in 1889, and was 232 km from Southern Cross.[1][2] In 1903, it was announced that the Railway Department intended to place a woman in charge of the station, which was objected to by the Maffra Spectator, who remarked that "the work at the station requires the service of a man, and it is to be hoped that the Department will speedily recognise this, and not place work on a woman which she could not carry out".[3]
By 1920, the Railway Commissioners had declined to appoint a stationmaster for Briagolong, due to the traffic at the station not warranting it.[4] In early 1940, a firewood plant alongside several trucks of wood at Briagolong station were destroyed by a fire, with the loss estimated to be £200.[5] The station closed in 1952. The raised embankment and sections that made up the base of the railway line can still be seen at the site of the station today, as well as an indentation in the ground where the turntable used to be located.[6]
References
edit- ^ "The Maffra to Briagolong line". Gippsland Times. 19 August 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Maffra to Briagolong Railway Timetable". Maffra Spectator. 19 August 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "THE Maffra Spectator". Maffra Spectator. 29 June 1903. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "The Gippsland Times". Gippsland Times. 2 August 1912. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "FIRE AT STATION". The Argus. 1 January 1940. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Manning, Laurey (1994). Discovering Briagolong. pp. 79–85. ISBN 0-9579946-8-0.
37°50′47″S 147°04′13″E / 37.84645°S 147.07018°E
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