Meeniyan was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promonto ...
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Victoria
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. The station was opened during the 1890s and operated until 1992 when the line to
Barry Beach
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servicing the oil fields in
Bass Strait
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was closed. The line was dismantled and turned into the
Great Southern Rail Trail
The Great Southern Rail Trail is a 109-kilometre rail trail from Nyora to Welshpool in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. This mostly flat or gently undulating trail goes through lush dairy farmland, areas of remnant bush and lowland scrub. It ...
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The station grounds still retain a
Pivot Shed
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, Goods platform, and the platform mound in reasonable condition, along with a mile marker 88 and a buffer stop in good condition.
Disused railway stations in Victoria (Australia)
Transport in Gippsland (region)
Shire of South Gippsland
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