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'''Nowa Nowa Railway Station''' was opened on Monday, 10 April 1916 to service the town of [[Nowa Nowa, Victoria|Nowa Nowa]] as part of the [[Orbost railway line]]. The station has long since closed, with the last train passing the site in 1987.<ref name="vrs-w">{{cite web|url=http://www.vicrailstations.com/Orbost/Nowa_Nowa/Nowa_Nowa.html|title=Nowa Nowa|work=Victorian Railway Stations|accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>


'''Nowa Nowa railway station''' was located on the [[Gippsland railway line|Orbost railway line]]. It opened on 10 April 1916 to serve the small town of [[Nowa Nowa, Victoria|the same name]] and was closed with the line in August 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nowa_Nowa |url=http://www.vicrailstations.com/Orbost/Nowa_Nowa/Nowa_Nowa.html |access-date=2021-01-07 |website=www.vicrailstations.com}}</ref>
The station site remains just north of the realigned [[East Gippsland Rail Trail]], which follows the route of the former [[Rail transport|rail line]], with the station site itself now used as an emergency helicopter landing place.<ref name="egrt-oss3">{{cite web|url=http://eastgippslandrailtrail.com/trailnotes/EGRTSection3.pdf|title=East Gippsland Rail Trail - Trail Notes: EGRT/Section 3:16 - 22|date=2009-01-12|work=East Gippsland Rail Trail Official Site|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</ref>

Nowa Nowa was disestablished as a [[token (railway signalling)#Staff and ticket|staff]] station on 25 July 1986. The staff and ticket sections [[Bairnsdale railway station|Bairnsdale]] - [[Bruthen railway station|Bruthen]], Bruthen - Nowa Nowa and Nowa Nowa - [[Orbost railway station|Orbost]] were abolished and replaced with a single staff and ticket section: Bairnsdale - Orbost.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 1987 |title=Works |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |page=91}}</ref>

The [[East Gippsland Rail Trail]] mostly follows the route of the former [[Rail transport|rail line]]. The station site, just north of the rail trail, is now an emergency helicopter landing place.<ref>{{cite web |title=East Gippsland Rail Trail |url=https://www.eastgippslandrailtrail.com.au/images/east-gippsland-rail-trail-brochure.pdf |publisher=East Gippsland Rail Trail |access-date=2023-11-22}}</ref>


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[[Category:Closed railway stations in Victoria (Australia)]]


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Latest revision as of 22:07, 7 October 2024

Nowa Nowa
General information
Line(s)Orbost
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened10 April 1916
Closed24 August 1987
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Colquhoun   Orbost line   Tostaree
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Nowa Nowa railway station was located on the Orbost railway line. It opened on 10 April 1916 to serve the small town of the same name and was closed with the line in August 1987.[1]

Nowa Nowa was disestablished as a staff station on 25 July 1986. The staff and ticket sections Bairnsdale - Bruthen, Bruthen - Nowa Nowa and Nowa Nowa - Orbost were abolished and replaced with a single staff and ticket section: Bairnsdale - Orbost.[2]

The East Gippsland Rail Trail mostly follows the route of the former rail line. The station site, just north of the rail trail, is now an emergency helicopter landing place.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Nowa_Nowa". www.vicrailstations.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). March 1987. p. 91.
  3. ^ "East Gippsland Rail Trail" (PDF). East Gippsland Rail Trail. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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