Agnes railway station explained

-38.6725°N 146.3926°W

Agnes/Barry Beach Junction
Style:	Australian closed station
Platform:	1
Tracks:	2
Closed:	(Station) (Line)
Status:	Closed

Agnes (originally Agnes River) was a railway station on the South Gippsland railway line in South Gippsland, Victoria.^[1]

The station was opened in 1892 and operated as Agnes River until 1 January 1906, when it was renamed to simply Agnes.^{[2] [3]} It was then renamed Barry Beach Junction, after the opening of the line to Barry Beach servicing the oil fields in Bass Strait, before closing in 1981.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Agnes River Estuary . Agriculture Victoria . 16 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241116065436/https://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/wgregn.nsf/pages/wg_lf_sig_foster10 . 16 November 2024.
2. Web site: Important land sale . The Argus . 16 November 2024 . 3 . 20 August 1904.
3. Web site: Agnes railway station . Facebook . Return Rail To South Gippsland . 16 November 2024 . https://archive.today/20241116065639/https://www.facebook.com/return.rail.to.south.gippsland/posts/pfbid0SAj75HQzaqGbPR6TLVioXYmCTzHYydpVLgbwxPr7qv7JstnjMMsEEjYEC4N4FKVLl?rdid=azwq5uDQeBQIgJ44%23 . 16 November 2024 . 25 March 2022.
4. Web site: Barry Beach Junction . stationspast.net . 16 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214120016/https://www.stationspast.net/victoria/south-gippsland-line/barry-beach-junction/ . 14 December 2022.
5. Web site: Barry Beach Junction . vicsig.net . 16 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240726200745/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Barry-Beach-Junction . 26 July 2024.