Skipton railway line explained

Type:V/Line passenger service
Skipton
Open:Newtown – Linton 1890, Linton – Skipton 1916
Close:1986
Status:Closed
Linelength:55 km
Stations:7
Tracks:1 (now removed)
Formerconnections:Serviceton

The Skipton Line was a branch line running south west from Ballarat to the town of Skipton, Victoria. The line branched from the main Serviceton Western line just after Ballarat at the Linton junction and was 55kilometres long. The line was opened on 10 October 1890 and finally closed on 4 December 1986. The line hadpreviously closed to passenger services in 1972.[1] [2]

It is now the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VICSIG.
  2. Web site: Skipton Line.
  3. Web site: Rail Trails.