Hillside is a closed railway station located in the

East Gippsland East Gippsland is the eastern region of Gippsland, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia covering (14%) of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It has a population of 80,114. Australian Bureau of Statistics2006 Census Community Profile Series: Ea ...

town of Hillside, on the Gippsland line in

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.Hillside
Vicsig Opening on 1 October 1888 as Quiggan's Siding, it was closed to passengers on 1 May 1972. By 11 February 1975, the passenger platform was removed. It was located 262 km from Southern Cross station. Although the station has been demolished, a

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is located at the station, which was last used by

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for log trains prior to the reopening of the line to

Bairnsdale Bairnsdale (locally ) (Gunai language, Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, situated in a region traditionally inhabited by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated popu ...

. It also served for many years, with most of this infrastructure remaining, as a siding where

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was transported via rail for storage and on-distribution for road surfacing works in eastern Victoria.

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Disused railway stations in Victoria (state) Transport in Gippsland (region) Shire of East Gippsland Railway stations in Australia opened in 1888 Railway stations in Australia closed in 1972 {{VictoriaAU-railstation-stub