Trawalla is a closed station located in the town of
Trawalla
Trawalla is a town in central Western Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia, located on the Western Highway, Victoria, Western Highway, west of Ballarat, Victoria, Ballarat and west of Melbourne, in the Shire of Pyrenees. At the , Trawalla a ...
, on the
Ararat railway line in
Victoria,
Australia
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. A disused goods yard is located at the station. The station was one of 35 closed to passenger traffic on 4 October 1981 as part of the ''
New Deal
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'' timetable for country passengers.
Until the 1980s Trawalla was still used as a staff exchange point to either
Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...
or
Beaufort Beaufort may refer to:
People and titles
* Beaufort (surname)
* House of Beaufort, English nobility
* Duke of Beaufort (England), a title in the peerage of England
* Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in the French nobility
Places Polar regions ...
. The line through Trawalla closed in 1995 after all traffic was diverted via Creesy but was reopened in 2004 as part of the
Linking Victoria
The Linking Victoria was a State Government program launched in 1999 by the Premier, Steve Bracks, to upgrade transport infrastructure in Victoria, Australia. If implemented, the estimate cost of the program would have been $3.5 billion, including ...
program. The station building still remains and is visible from the Western Highway and from inside the train.
References
External links
Melway mapat street-directory.com.au
Disused railway stations in Victoria (state)
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