Continues from | Stony Point line |
---|
Connecting lines | Stony Point line |
---|
Stations | - 1 current station
- 3 former stations
|
---|
Service |
---|
Type | Former Melbourne suburban service |
---|
Operator(s) | Victorian Railways (VR) (1921–1956) |
---|
History |
---|
Opened | 2 December 1921 (1921-12-02) |
---|
Last train | 25 February 1956 (1956-02-25) |
---|
Closed | 1 July 1953 (1953-07-01) |
---|
Technical |
---|
Line length | 16.135 km (10.026 mi) |
---|
Number of tracks | Single track |
---|
Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
---|
Maximum incline | 1 in 30 (3.33%) |
---|
Route map |
---|
Legend | | | | km | | | | | | | | | | 67.4 | Bittern | | | | | | | | | | Tulum Creek | | | | 73.1 | Balnarring (demolished) | | | | | Merricks Creek | | | | 77.7 | Merricks (demolished) | | | | | Coolart Creek | | | | 83.3 | Red Hill (demolished) | | | | | | | | | | |
The Red Hill railway line in Melbourne, Australia, was a rural railway branching off from the Stony Point railway line at Bittern. The line had a fairly short life, opening on 2 December 1921 and closing on 1 July 1953.[1]
Current status
The line was dismantled some time after it was closed, and most of the line from Bittern to Merricks is now on private property, while the right-of-way from Merricks to Red Hill remains, having been converted to a shared use rail trail.
Station histories
Station | Opened[1] | Closed[1] | Age |
Bittern | 17 December 1889 | | 134 years |
Balnarring | 2 December 1921 | 1 July 1953 | 31 years |
Merricks | 2 December 1921 | 1 July 1953 | 31 years |
Red Hill | 2 December 1921 | 1 July 1953 | 31 years |
References
- ^ a b c "Red Hill Line". Vicsig. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
|
Branch lines |
---|
Metropolitan District | |
---|
Western & Southwestern District | |
---|
Northern & Midland District | |
---|
North Eastern District | |
---|
Eastern District | |
---|
Narrow gauge branch lines | |
---|
Cross country lines | |
---|
|
|
|
|
---|
| Major pieces of shared infrastructure | |
---|
|
|
|
Victoria portal |
![Stub icon](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Melbourne_XTrapolis_Icon.png) | This Melbourne rail-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |