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The Yaapeet railway line (also known as the Rainbow railway line) is a
standard-gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
railway line branching off of the
Serviceton railway line The Serviceton railway line (also known in Victoria, Australia as the Western line) is part of the Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor. It serves the west of Victoria, linking the state capital of Melbourne to the cities of Ballarat and Ararat. ...
. The line was opened in stages beginning from
Dimboola Dimboola is a town in the Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. History Situated on the Wimmera River, Dimboola was previously known as 'Nine Creeks'. Following a surve ...
to
Jeparit Jeparit ( ) is a town on the Wimmera River in Western Victoria, Australia, north west of Melbourne. At the 2016 census Jeparit had a population of 342, down from 394 five years earlier. History The area around Jeparit is originally home to th ...
on June 19, 1894 and reaching Yaapeet on June 25, 1914.


History

The line was opened in stages from
Dimboola Dimboola is a town in the Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. History Situated on the Wimmera River, Dimboola was previously known as 'Nine Creeks'. Following a surve ...
to
Jeparit Jeparit ( ) is a town on the Wimmera River in Western Victoria, Australia, north west of Melbourne. At the 2016 census Jeparit had a population of 342, down from 394 five years earlier. History The area around Jeparit is originally home to th ...
on June 19, 1884,
Jeparit Jeparit ( ) is a town on the Wimmera River in Western Victoria, Australia, north west of Melbourne. At the 2016 census Jeparit had a population of 342, down from 394 five years earlier. History The area around Jeparit is originally home to th ...
to
Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows c ...
on November 2, 1899 and
Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows c ...
to Yaapeet on June 26, 1914. Due to the 2011 Victorian floods, sections of the line were severely damaged and the line was closed until February 2012.


Line Guide

Branched from the
Serviceton railway line The Serviceton railway line (also known in Victoria, Australia as the Western line) is part of the Melbourne–Adelaide rail corridor. It serves the west of Victoria, linking the state capital of Melbourne to the cities of Ballarat and Ararat. ...
at
Dimboola railway station Dimboola railway station is located on the Western standard gauge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Dimboola, and it opened on 1 July 1882.
Arkona (formerly Katyil) Antwerp
Tarranyurk Tarranyurk is a locality in western Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Hindmarsh local government area, west north west of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the ...
Jeparit Jeparit ( ) is a town on the Wimmera River in Western Victoria, Australia, north west of Melbourne. At the 2016 census Jeparit had a population of 342, down from 394 five years earlier. History The area around Jeparit is originally home to th ...
Yanac railway line The Yanac railway line was a railway line in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, branching off of the Yaapeet railway line at Jeparit railway station, Jeparit station. It was opened in two stages from Jeparit to Lorquon on December 10, 1912, ...
branched off just after Jeparit Ellam Pullut
Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows c ...
Albacutya Yaapeet (formerly Turkey Bottom)


References

Closed regional railway lines in Victoria (Australia) Railway lines opened in 1894 Standard gauge railways in Australia {{VictoriaAU-rail-transport-stub