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Kardella railway station

Coordinates: 38°25′40″S 145°52′07″E / 38.4277°S 145.8687°E / -38.4277; 145.8687
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Kardella
General information
Line(s)South Gippsland
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened17 November 1891; 133 years ago (1891-11-17)
Closed30 April 1976; 48 years ago (1976-04-30)
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Korumburra   South Gippsland line   Ruby
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

Kardella was a railway station on the South Gippsland railway line in South Gippsland, Victoria. Kardella is an Aboriginal word thought to mean possum, and was chosen by the Victorian Railways from several submissions.[1] The station was opened in December 1891 and operated until 30 April 1976.[2]

The station building, platform, sidings, goods storage shed, and all other rail infrastructure, were removed from the station site within months of its closure. By 1980, there was no evidence of the existence of a railway station there, apart from a gravel road alongside the rail line, near a former level crossing.

References

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  1. ^ "Kardella". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1976. p. 206.

38°25′40″S 145°52′07″E / 38.4277°S 145.8687°E / -38.4277; 145.8687