Yarra Junction was a railway station on the

Warburton railway line The Warburton railway line just outside Melbourne, Australia, was a railway branching off from the Healesville line at the present terminus, Lilydale. History The route between Lilydale and Warburton was originally proposed to be built as ...

east of

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. The station operated until the line closed in 1965. The building was constructed in 1888 as the

Lilydale railway station Lilydale railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Lilydale line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Lilydale, and opened on 1 December 1882 as Lillydale.Yarra Junction Yarra Junction is a town in Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Yarra Junction recorded a population of 2,875 at the . The township sits at the ...

in 1914, due to the provision of a new station at Lilydale. The building now houses the Upper Yarra Museum. Between 1913 and 1945, Yarra Junction was the junction station for the gauge Powelltown Tramway.

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The station in 1964The station entrance, 1964
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