Eastern Area was a railway branch line built in the 1910s to service the State Coal Mine (Eastern Precinct) located in Wonthaggi. The Eastern Area Mine operated from 1919 to 1947[1] while this section of track operated until the 1950s[citation needed].
Eastern Area Mine | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Wonthaggi | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1910s | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1950s | |||||||||||||||
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The short section of line extended approximately 2 km beyond Wonthaggi Railway Station which was the terminus of the Wonthaggi Line.
This branch was closed at a time when the Victorian Railways was closing a number of other small branch lines and stations around Victoria.
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