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Balnarring railway station

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Line(s)
  
Red Hill line

Closed
  
29 June 1953

Platforms in use
  
1

Status
  
Closed

Opened
  
2 December 1921

Tracks
  
1

Address
  
Balnarring VIC 3926, Australia

Balnarring railway station was located on the Red Hill railway line. The line was opened in 1921 and was one of the more short-lived branch lines on the Victorian Railways closing in 1953 along with a few other smaller branch lines in the railways system. Following official closure of the line, trains (railmotors) continued to run as far as Balnarring to cater for the Balnarring picnic races, Lord Somers camp and a Railway Historical Society tour in 1956. Part of the railway alignment between Red Hill and Merricks stations has been converted into an equestrian trail with the remaining majority of the line now located on private properties. The station, obviously, is located in private property with almost no remains of the platform left.

References

Balnarring railway station Wikipedia