The Wensleydale railway line was a railway branch line in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, Australia. It ran for approximately 18 km from the

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near Moriac, to

Wensleydale, Victoria Wensleydale is a small rural community in Victoria, Australia. ''Wordieboluc'' Post Office opened on 15 March 1866 and was replaced by the ''Wensleydale'' office in 1872. It closed in 1955. Wensleydale was the terminus of a railway line which ...

. It was opened in March 1890 and was used to transport firewood, gravel and brown coal out of the area. Apart from troop trains during

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the line saw very little traffic and was closed in 1948.Harrigan, Leo J. "Victorian Railways to '62", Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board, 1962, p. 284.

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