I spotted a man in a high visibility jacket with a clipboard walking along the disused train line around Guildford the other day. I know the idea was muted a while ago of reopening this line, but figured it was a no go.He'll be a wealthy man when he's walked right along the line to Geelong...he's probably the guy who's being paid a cool $2M to report back to Minister Mulder regards the feasibility of reopening the line to passenger services. I definitely would have approached him about what he was doing with his clipboard.
Would anybody be able to say when the line was last used, and what by?The new rail bridge crossing the Midland Hwy at Guildford was finished in late 2001. I was on a West Coast Rail special from Geelong/Ballarat/Maryborough/Castlemaine/Bendigo during 2000, and best guess freight trains finished around 2002.
The new rail bridge crossing the Midland Hwy at Guildford was finished in late 2001. I was on a West Coast Rail special from Geelong/Ballarat/Maryborough/Castlemaine/Bendigo during 2000, and best guess freight trains finished around 2002.There is a video on youtube of a Deniliquin PN freight train using this line in Feb 2004. Possibly some use as late as June 2004.
Mike.
So we got our moneys worth out of that bridge then.No doubt you've heard the tales in the past of doing up stations on a branch line before closing the line.
Was there ever a Guildford station?
YesThanks for the detailed answer. I was doing a search and found no record of it.
Thanks for the detailed answer. I was doing a search and found no record of it.
Guildford had a brick and stone platform on a sharp outside of a curve, the sharp curve had a check rail on It.Thanks Nightfire, maybe this is why it never shows up on wiki or on those station past websites.
The station building was a portable.
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