The Mirboo North railway line was a country

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industri ...

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 ...

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. It branched from the main Gippsland line at Morwell station, and opened in three stages from 1885 to 1886. The stations along the line were Hazelwood,

Yinnar Yinnar is a rural Australian township located in the Latrobe Valley in central Gippsland, Victoria. At the 2016 census, Yinnar had a population of 907. The origin of the name "Yinnar" is believed to have been derived from the local Aboriginal t ...

, Boolarra, Darlimurla and

Mirboo North Mirboo North is a town in Victoria, Australia, located east of Melbourne, with a population of 1,697. It is in the South Gippsland Shire local government area. The town is at the start of the Grand Ridge Rail Trail, which travels for 13 ...

. The line remained in continuous service until it was closed in 1974, although the passenger service ceased in 1968. The section between Boolarra and Mirboo North has been converted into the

Grand Ridge Rail Trail The Grand Ridge Rail Trail or Mirboo North to Boolarra Rail Trail is a 13 kilometre rail trail in the Strzelecki Ranges of west central Gippsland, connecting the towns of Mirboo North Mirboo North is a town in Victoria, Australia, located eas ...

. Part of the former right-of-way between Morwell Junction and Hazelwood has been consumed by the coal mine for the

Hazelwood power station The Hazelwood Power Station is a decommissioned brown coal-fuelled thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia. Built between 1964 and 1971, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity power station was made up of eight 200MW uni ...

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* Fiddian, M (1997). "Trains, Tracks, Travellers". * http://www.vrhistory.com/VRMaps/

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirboo North Railway Line Closed regional railway lines in Victoria (state) Railway lines opened in 1885 Transport in Gippsland (region) City of Latrobe Shire of South Gippsland

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