Koo Wee Rup railway station, Victoria

VictorianClosedRailwayStation
NAME= Koo Wee Rup


LINE=South Gippsland
DISTANCE=67.14km
PLATFORMS= 1
TRACKS= 1
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=November 11, 1890
CLOSED=July 21, 1993

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Koo Wee Rup was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station operated until the closure of the line between Cranbourne Station and Leongatha Station in July 1993. The station remains partly intact with the platform and goods shed (now privately owned) intact, and with the track still in reasonable condition.

Between 1999 and 2008 there was constant speculation that the railway line beyond Cranbourne to Leongatha could re-open, as promised by the Victorian State Government, under a project named 'Bringing Trains Back to Victorians'. However, in May 2008, a scoping study carried out on behalf of the State Government found the costs of returning services high, at $72 million dollars. Therefore, plans to reopen the line where stopped, and the Government has pledged to spend $14.2 million dollars on improved V/Line coach services in the South Gippsland region instead. Further, there are plans in motion to turn the railway reservation into a Rail Trail between Cranbourne East and Nyora.

Koo Wee Rup was also the last station before the Strzelecki line branched off from the main South Gippsland line. "

"Source: Communication from Minister Lynne Kosky, June 3, 2008, and the Victorian Department of Infrastructure"

VictorianClosedStations
Line1=South Gippsland line
Line2=Strzelecki line
Previous1=Dalmore
Here=Koo Wee Rup
Next1=Monomeith
Next2=Bayles
VICORMELB=Victoria