Coleraine railway line

Former railway line in Victoria, Australia

The Coleraine railway line was a railway line branching off of the Portland railway line at Coleraine Junction station. It was opened on November 20, 1888, and was officially closed on September 12, 1977. It is now a Rail trail.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Coleraine Junction
Coleraine

Connecting linesPortlandStations5HistoryOpened20 November 1888Closed12 September 1977TechnicalLine length37 km (23 mi)

Line Guide

Branched from Portland railway line at Coleraine Junction station

Bocharra

Wannon

Parkwood (originally named Gritjurk)

Coleraine

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References

^ ^a ^b "Hamilton to Coleraine". www.victorianrailways.net. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Coleraine Tourist Information Centre | Visit Greater Hamilton". 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Hamilton to Coleraine Rail Trail - Victoria". www.railtrails.org.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Hamilton to Coleraine Rail Trail". Archived from the original on 12 July 2021.
^ "Hamilton-Coleraine Rail Trail". trackspotting.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Hamilton-Coleraine Railway Line Landcare Group". Victorian Landcare Gateway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "DataSheet431-RailwayBridgeFormer-BrungBrungleRoadWannon.PDF" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 April 2020.
^ "Coleraine Line". Rail Geelong. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Coleraine, VIC". Aussie Towns. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Hamilton-Coleraine Rail Trail, Victoria, Australia". au.geoview.info. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

Railway lines in Victoria

Main lines
Deniliquin Gippsland Mildura North East Piangil Port Fairy Portland Robinvale Serviceton South Gippsland Tocumwal Western standard gauge (Melbourne–Adelaide)

Branch lines

Metropolitan District	Albion–Jacana Belgrave Broadstore Deer Park–West Werribee Flemington Racecourse Frankston Gembrook Glen Waverley Healesville Hurstbridge Inner Circle Kew Lilydale Mont Park Mornington Newport–Sunshine Outer Circle Port Melbourne Powelltown Red Hill Rosstown Railway Sandringham South Kensington–West Footscray Stony Point Spring Vale Cemetery St Kilda St Kilda–Windsor Upfield Warburton Webb Dock Williamstown Whittlesea
Western & Southwestern District	Alvie Ballarat–Daylesford Balmoral (Hamilton to East Natimuk) Bolangum Buninyong Carpolac Casterton Colac–Ballarat Coleraine Crowes Forrest Fyansford Gheringhap–Maroona Hamilton–Koroit Hopetoun Mortlake Mount Gambier Navarre Pinnaroo Queenscliff Skipton Timboon Wensleydale Yanac Yaapeet
Northern & Midland District	Balranald Cohuna Daylesford Koondrook Kulwin Lancefield Morkalla Redesdale Shelbourne Stony Crossing
North Eastern District	Alexandra Bright Cobram Colbinabbin Cudgewa Girgarre Katamatite Mansfield Oaklands Peechelba East Tatong Wahgunyah Whitfield Yackandandah
Eastern District	Barry Beach Briagolong Maffra Mirboo North Noojee Outtrim Strzelecki Thorpdale Walhalla Wonthaggi Woodside Yallourn
Narrow gauge branch lines	Beech Forest Gembrook Powelltown Tyers Valley Walhalla Welshpool Jetty Whitfield
Cross country lines	Avoca Eaglehawk–Inglewood Geelong–Ballarat Heathcote Moolort Toolamba–Echuca

V/Line services
Albury Ballarat Bendigo Geelong Warrnambool Gippsland Seymour

Metro Trains Melbourne services

Alamein Belgrave Craigieburn Cranbourne Flemington Racecourse Frankston Glen Waverley Hurstbridge Lilydale Mernda Pakenham Sandringham Stony Point Sunbury Upfield Werribee Williamstown
Major pieces of shared infrastructure	City Loop Flinders Street Viaduct

Tourist railways

Operational	Bellarine Railway Daylesford Spa Country Railway Mornington Railway Puffing Billy Railway Victorian Goldfields Railway Walhalla Goldfields Railway Yarra Valley Railway
Former	South Gippsland Railway