Erica railway station
Erica was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station was officially opened in 1910, became the terminus of the line on 4 October 1952 with the closure of the section of track to Platina, then closed finally on 25 June 1954.[1]
Erica | ||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Walhalla | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 3 May 1910 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 25 June 1954 | |||||||||||||||
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From 1941 onwards, the station also had sidings for a Forest Commission timber mill.[2]
Erica was originally named Upper Moondarra, but was renamed prior to 15 June 1908 to Moondarra, then to Harris (after a local member of parliament) prior to the line opening. In 1914 it was renamed Erica after a local mountain.[3]
The site is currently leased by a caravan park, although it is planned as the ultimate western terminus for the Walhalla Goldfields Railway.[4]
References
- Victorian Railways history Archived 30 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Bill Russell's narrow gauge railway page
- The iron road to Walhalla, a history of the Moe-Walhalla railway by Marc Fiddian
- "Walhalla Goldfields Railway History". Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
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