Wahgunyah Railway Line, Victoria

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Wahgunyah railway is a closed railway line in the north-east of Victoria, Australia. Branching off the main North East railway at Springhurst, it ran north to Wahgunyah. The terminus was near the New South Wales Culcairn - Corowa railway, but no bridge was ever provided over the Murray River.The line was opened as a whole from Springhurst to Wahgunyah in 1879.The passenger service was withdrawn on April 13, 1962, the last branch line mixed train to operate in Victoria.Services were suspended in 1995, with the line practically closed. The 'Green TRail Associates Group' operated a trolley service over the line between Wahgunyah and Rutherglen for a number of years, known as the 'Stringybark Express - Lil Red Postal Motor'. In 2002 the line was handed back to the Victorian Government by lease holder Freight Australia, and in 2006 it was announced that the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail would be built along the closed line, with 9 kilometres of trail.