South Gippsland Railway

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Victoria's tourist railways
Bellarine Peninsula Railway
Daylesford Spa Country Railway
Mornington Railway
Puffing Billy Railway
South Gippsland Railway
Victorian Goldfields Railway
Walhalla Goldfields Railway
Yarra Valley Tourist Railway

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The South Gippsland Railway is a tourist railway located in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It controls a section of the former South Gippsland line between Nyora and Leongatha, operating services from Leongatha to Nyora via Korumburra taking around 65 minutes, trains operate on Sundays, Public Holidays (except Good Friday and Christmas Day) and Wednesdays during Victorian school holidays. The line passes through the rolling Strzelecki Ranges and lush dairy farmland.

[edit] History

The South Gippsland line was opened from Dandenong to Cranbourne in 1888 and extended to Koo Wee Rup, Nyora and Loch in 1890, Korumburra and Leongatha in 1891. The section from Nyora to Leongatha was transferred to the South Gippsland Railway in 1994. Freight trains continued to use the line from Dandenong as far as Koala Siding near Nyora until 1998. The Victorian Government is currently undertaking feasibility studies to establish the cost of returning a passenger service between Melbourne and Leongatha.