Bennison railway station, Victoria

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Bennison
Station information
Lines South Gippsland
Number of Platforms 1
Number of Tracks 1
Station Status Closed
Station opened 1892
Station closed 1970's
Google map of station Link

Bennison (originally Franklin River) was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria. The station was opened during the 1890s and closed during the 1970s, at a time when many other stations and lines were closing around Victoria. The line was closed in 1991, at the same time the line to Barry Beach servicing the oil fields in Bass Strait was closed, the line was then dismantled and turned into the Great Southern Rail Trail.