Skipton railway line

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Skipton railway line, Victoria
Line details
Opened

Newton - Linton 1890,

Linton - Skipton 1916
Closed 1986
Fate Closed
Length 55km
Stations 7
Tracks 1 (now removed)
Former connections Serviceton
Rail transport in Victoria

The Skipton Line was a branch line running south west from Ballarat to the town of Skipton, Victoria. The line branched from the main Serviceton Western line just after Ballarat at the Linton junction and was 55 kilometres long. The line was opened on 10 October 1890 and finally closed on 4 December 1986. The line had previously closed to passenger services in 1972.[1][2]

It is now the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail.[3]

Skipton railway line
Legend
Serviceton line
at Linton Junction
Kopke
Haddon
Scarsdale
Newtown
Linton
Pittong
Skipton

References

  1. ↑ http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/line/Skipton
  2. ↑ http://www.vicrailstations.com/Skipton/Skipton.html
  3. ↑ http://www.railtrails.org.au/states/trails.php3?action=trail&trail=36
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V/Line services
Melbourne
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(current)
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