Port Albert
General information
Line(s)South Gippsland
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Opened13 January 1892 (1892-01-13)
Closed14 February 1949 (1949-02-14)
(last regular service)
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Alberton   South Gippsland line   Terminus
List of closed railway stations in Victoria

Port Albert was the original terminus station on the South Gippsland railway line, the railway opening to that station on 13 January 1892.[1]

Early survey documents regard the station site as "Palmerston" station ground.[2]

The last advertised trolley service ran on 14 February 1949. [3]

References

  1. Built for the Gippsland Gold rush and cattle trading, The line branched off the Yarram/Woodside line (which forked off from the Wonthaggi line at Nyora) at Alberton and travelled a short distance to Port Albert. McLean, Jack, "Some Notes on South Gippsland Passenger Services 1921-1923", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, no. June/July 1990, pp. 141–147, 167–168
  2. Victorian Railways - Original Plan & Section Book c. 1888
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247730979

38°40′20″S 146°41′36″E / 38.6721°S 146.6933°E / -38.6721; 146.6933

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