Porepunkah railway station

Porepunkah
Station information
Line Bright
Distance from Southern Cross 309.897 km
Number of platforms 1
Number of tracks 1
Station status Closed
Station opened 17 October 1890
Station closed 30 November 1983

Porepunkah railway station is a former railway station on the closed Bright railway line in Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia.[1]

Porepunkah railway station was the location where the Manfield family transported tourists who were staying with them on their trips to Mount Buffalo.[2] Porepunkah is now part of the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail.

References

  1. ^ "Rail » Infrastructure » Locations » Porepunkah". Vicsig Railways site. VICSIG. 1997-2011. http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Porepunkah. Retrieved 2011-03-25. 
  2. ^ Harper, Melissa (2007). "2: The arrival of the tourist walker". The ways of the bushwalker: On foot in Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. pp. 22–31. ISBN 978-086840-968-9. 
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