Whitfield railway line, Victoria
- Whitfield railway line, Victoria
The Whitfield railway line was a narrow gauge (RailGauge|30) railway located in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, branching from the main North East railway at Wangaratta to the terminus of Whitfield.
It was the first of four Narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, and was unlike the other lines in that it was built through mostly flat, open, agricultural country, following the King River. The 30.5 mile (49 kilometre) line was built as a narrow-gauge line because it was thought that it might be extended into the mountainous country to the south, but this extension never happened. The line was opened in March 1899, and was the first line to close, in October 1953. The line relied mostly on local agricultural traffic, and opened with a daily mixed train. By the 1930s this had been reduced to a weekly goods service, and stayed at this level until the railway closed. There was only one lineside industry, a dairy at Moyhu, and the majority of stations were nameboards at road crossings.
:List of stations :*Wangaratta (Junction station with broad gauge.):*Targoora:*Laceby:*Oxley:*Skehan:*Docker:*Byrne:*Moyhu:*Angleside:*Claremont:*Dwyer:*Edi:*Hyem:*King Valley:*Jarrott:*Pieper:*Whitfield
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