Healesville railway line

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Healesville railway line" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Healesville
Overview
Status	Closed line – Yarra Valley Railway, Yarra Valley Trail
Owner	Victorian Railways (VR) (1888–1974) VR as VicRail (1974–1983) MTA (The Met) (1983–1989) PTC (The Met) (1989–1991)
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini	Lilydale Healesville
Continues from	Lilydale
Connecting lines	Lilydale, Warburton lines, Yarra Valley Railway
Stations	2 current stations 4 former stations 1 former siding
Service
Type	Former Melbourne suburban service
Operator(s)	Victorian Railways (VR) (1888–1974) VR as VicRail (1974–1983) MTA (The Met) (1983–1989) PTC (The Met) (1989–1991)
History
Commenced	15 May 1888 (1888-05-15)
Opened	Lilydale to Yarra Glen on 15 May 1888 (1888-05-15) Yarra Glen to Healesville on 1 March 1889 (1889-03-01)
Completed	1 March 1889 (1889-03-01)
Closed	Coldstream to Healesville on 15 March 1981 (1981-03-15) Lilydale to Coldstream on 10 December 1991 (1991-12-10)
Technical
Line length	24.773 km (15.393 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map Legend km Lilydale line to Flinders Street 37.8 Lilydale (old site) 38.4 End of Metro area Olinda Creek Warburton line to Warburton 40.3 Blacks Siding 41.9 Coldstream 45.7 Yering Yarra River flood plains (burnt down) Yarra River (burnt down) Yarra River flood plains (burnt down) 49.6 Yarra Glen 54.6 Tarrawarra Yarra Valley Railway Tunnel Hill Watts River 62.6 Healesville km This diagram: view talk edit

The Healesville railway line, in Melbourne, Australia, was the non-electrified continuation of the suburban Lilydale line, extending into the Yarra Valley. The line closed in the 1980s, but a heritage railway group, the Yarra Valley Railway, is working to retain part of the line between Yarra Glen and Healesville.