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Cudgewa railway line, Victoria Line details Opened 10 September 1889 Completed 5 May 1921 Closed 22 January 1995 Fate Rail trail Stations 8 Rail transport in Victoria List of stations
Closed railwaysThe Cudgewa Line is a closed railway line in the north-east of Victoria, Australia. Branching off the main North East railway at Wodonga it ran east to a final terminus at Cudgewa. Most of the line is now the High Country Rail Trail.
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History
Cudgewa line remnant to Bandiana, looking east from the former turning triangle at Wodonga
The line was progressively opened between 1889 and 1921. In 1919, the line was used to carry materials for the construction of Hume Weir, and three years later a spur line connecting Ebden to the weir was opened.[1]
Part of the line was converted to dual gauge in 1944 to serve freight depots around Bandiana. In the early 1950s, the volume of Hume Reservoir was increased, with the railway around Tallangatta relocated to avoid the rising waters. Later in the 1960s, Cudgewa became the railhead of materials for the Snowy Mountains Scheme.[1] The line had 1 in 30 grades, with 'flat top' T class T413 becoming the regular diesel locomotive on the line after purchase in 1967, as it was the only locomotive of the class with dynamic brakes.[2]
The last passenger service from Wodonga to Tallangatta ran on September 30, 1961 with a 102hp Walker railmotor.[3] On April 21, 1978, the last regular goods train ran,[1] with closure of the line in 1981, except for the short section to Bandiana. Since 1995, it has been standard gauge track only.[4] The Wodonga-Bandiana section closed on September 1, 2009 as part of the Wodonga Rail Bypass project.[4] The line has now been partly converted into the High Country Rail Trail.
Stations
Cudgewa Railway Station
- 5 May 1921 - 1 March 1981
Wabba Railway Station
- 5 May 1921 - 1 March 1981
Beetomba Railway Station
- 10 April 1919 - 1 March 1981
Shelley Railway Station
- 13 June 1916 - 1 March 1981
Koetong
- 13 June 1916 - 1 March 1981
- 13 June 1916 - 1 March 1981
Bullioh
- 13 June 1916 - 1 March 1981
Tallangatta
- 24 July 1891 - 1 March 1981
Tatonga
- 24 July 1891 - 1 March 1981
Bolga
- 18 July 1890 - 1 March 1981
Huon
- 10 September 1889 - 1 March 1981
Ebden
- 10 September 1889 - 1 March 1981
Bonegilla
- 10 September 1889 - 1 March 1981
Bandiana
- 10 September 1889 - 1 March 1981
- 17 October 1983 - 22 January 1995
Wodonga: CBD Station
- 21 November 1873 - 9 November 2008
station guide
Terminus: Wodonga CBD Station
Junction: Albury-Wodonga Line
Bandiana Station Bonegilla Station Ebden Station Huon Station 
Lake Hume Bolga Station Tatonga Station (New) Tallangatta Station Huon Station Bullioh Station Darbyshire Station Koetong Station Shelly Station Beetoomba Station Wabba Station 
Cudgewa Station 
Unstaffed / minor station References
- ^ a b c "Heritage Of The High Country Rail Trail". www.highcountryrailtrail.org.au. http://www.highcountryrailtrail.org.au/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=7. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Leon Oberg (2007-08). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s - 2007. books.google.com.au. p. page 297. ISBN 1-877058-54-8. http://books.google.com/?id=aft-3rWtXvwC&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq=Cudgewa+t413. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 77–82.
- ^ a b "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Line Data Cudgewa line". www.vicsig.net. http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&line=Cudgewa. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
External links
- Photos during Victorian Railways operations
- Photos of the remains of the line: [1] and [2]
- High Country Rail Trail
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Categories:- Closed regional railway lines in Victoria (Australia)
- Railway lines opened in 1921
- Railway lines closed in 1995
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