Nowa Nowa railway station was a railway station on the

Orbost railway line The Gippsland line (also known as the Orbost railway line) is a railway line serving the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland regions of Victoria, Australia. It runs east from the state capital Melbourne through the cities of Moe, Morwell, Traralgo ...

. It was opened on Monday, 10 April 1916 to serve the small town of

Nowa Nowa Nowa Nowa is a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is in East Gippsland East Gippsland is the eastern region of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering 31,740 square kilometres (14%) of Victoria. It has a population of 80, ...

. It closed in 1987. The station site remains just north of the realigned

East Gippsland Rail Trail The East Gippsland Rail Trail is a rail trail located in East Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. The trail is a popular cycling route, beginning in Bairnsdale and extending to Orbost, following the route of the former Orbost railway line. The ...

, which follows the route of the former

rail line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of Railways and English-speaking countries outside the United Sta ...

, with the station site itself now used as an emergency helicopter landing place. It was dis-established as a staff station on 25 July 1986, with the staff and ticket sections

Bairnsdale Bairnsdale () ( Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia in a region traditionally owned by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated population of Bairnsdale urban area was 15,411 at Ju ...

- Bruthen, Bruthen - Nowa Nowa, and Nowa Nowa -

Orbost Orbost is a historic early settlers town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, east of Melbourne and south of Canberra where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about from the surf and fishing seaside town of Marlo on th ...

abolished, and replaced with a single staff and ticket section; Bairnsdale - Orbost.

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Disused railway stations in Victoria (Australia) Transport in Gippsland (region) Shire of East Gippsland {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub