Bairnsdale railway station

Bairnsdale
Station front in April 2011
Location	Macleod Street, Bairnsdale
Coordinates	37°49′44″S 147°37′39″E / 37.82889°S 147.62750°E / -37.82889; 147.62750Coordinates: 37°49′44″S 147°37′39″E / 37.82889°S 147.62750°E / -37.82889; 147.62750
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Orbost
Distance	274.85 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	BDE
Fare zone	Myki zone 24
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	8 May 1888
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Stratford toward Southern Cross Gippsland line Terminus

Bairnsdale railway station is the terminus of the Orbost line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Bairnsdale opening on 8 May 1888.

Until 1987 the line continued to Orbost. This has been redeveloped as the East Gippsland Rail Trail, a shared bicycle, walking, and horseriding track.

The railway opened to Bairnsdale in 1888, and from 1916 continued through to Orbost until this section was closed in 1987. The passenger service to the town was named The Gippslander in 1954, but were cut beyond Sale in August 1993.

Following the cessation of log trains in December 1995, the line between Sale and Bairnsdale was closed until it was partially reopened for log trains in mid-1999. Following major infrastructure repairs, the passenger service was restored in 2004 as part of the Linking Victoria program. Until mid-2009, a five-day-a-week freight train hauling logs from Bairnsdale to North Geelong Yard operated from a siding east of the station.

Until their demolition, Hillside, Lindenow, Fernbank and Munro stations were located between Bairnsdale and Stratford stations.

Bairnsdale station is 14 metres (46 ft) above sea level and 275 kilometres (171 mi) from Melbourne.

Bairnsdale has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Bairnsdale line services.