The Wonthaggi railway line is a closed railway line located in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Its primary purpose was to serve the State Coal Mine but the line also provided passenger and general goods services. The line was opened in 1910 and closed in 1978.
Wonthaggi-Anderson rail ticket 1977
Wonthaggi line formation looking south from Kilcunda station across the Bourne Creek trestle bridge, c.1989
Bourne Creek trestle bridge, c.1989, prior to conversion to a rail trail bridge
South Gippsland railway line
The South Gippsland railway line is a partially closed railway line in Victoria, Australia. It was first opened in 1892, branching from the Orbost line at Dandenong, and extending to Port Albert. Much of it remained open until December 1994. Today, only the section between Dandenong and Cranbourne remains open for use. The section of the line from Nyora to Leongatha was used by the South Gippsland Tourist Railway until it ceased operations in 2016. The section from Nyora to Welshpool, with extension trail to Port Welshpool and a portion of the former line at Koo Wee Rup, have been converted into the Great Southern Rail Trail.
Melbourne-Koo Wee Rup rail ticket 1987
Track at the site of the former Tooradin station in December 2021