Strzelecki railway line

Strzelecki
Overview
Status	Dismantled line
Owner	Victorian Railways (VR) (1922–1959)
Locale	Victoria, Australia
Termini	Koo Wee Rup Strzelecki
Continues from	Port Albert line
Former connections	Port Albert line
Stations	9 former stations 3 former sidings
Service
Type	Former Victorian regional service
Operator(s)	Victorian Railways (VR) (1922–1959)
History
Commenced	29 June 1922 (1922-06-29)
Opened	29 June 1922 (1922-06-29)
Completed	29 June 1922 (1922-06-29)
Closed	Triholm to Strzelecki on 22 November 1930 (1930-11-22) Yannathan to Triholm on 7 August 1941 (1941-08-07) Bayles to Yannathan on 15 April 1950 (1950-04-15) Koo Wee Rup to Bayles on 4 February 1959 (1959-02-04)
Technical
Line length	49.653 km (30.85 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Route map Legend km South Gippsland line to Dandenong 65.92 Koo Wee Rup South Gippsland line to Port Albert 70.74 Plowrights Siding 72.12 Water Washed Sand Siding 73.65 Bayles 80.00 Catani 83.93 Yannathan Lang Lang River 87.72 Heathhill Athlone Quarry Siding 96.37 Athlone 101.80 Topiram Lang Lang River 106.46 Triholm Lang Lang River Lang Lang River 115.18 Strzelecki km This diagram: view talk edit

The Strzelecki railway line was a 49 km (30 mi) steam-era branch railway line in Victoria, Australia. The line opened in June 1922, branching off the former Great Southern Railway (South Gippsland line) at Koo Wee Rup Station. The main line branched off the current Pakenham line at Dandenong, extending out into the South Gippsland region.