Leongatha railway station, Victoria

Leongatha
South Gippsland Railway Station
Former South Australian Railways Redhen railcar No. 402 at Leongatha station
Line(s)	South Gippsland Railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	4
Other information
Status	Tourist Station
History
Opened	17 December 1891 1994 (re-opened)
Closed	24 July 1993
Location
133.9 km (83.2 mi) from Flinders Street

Leongatha is a railway station in the town of Leongatha, Victoria on the former South Gippsland railway line in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

The station opened in 1891 as a terminus, the line being extended to Welshpool the next year. As of 2009^[update], the station is the terminus of the former South Gippsland Tourist Railway (Closed operations, January 2016), and has been since regular V/Line passenger operations on the line ceased east of Cranbourne station in 1993.

The track south of Leongatha has been dismantled and turned into the Great Southern Rail Trail. The station precinct includes a well preserved red brick station building, goods shed, water tower and footbridge. The goods shed has since been demolished with a view of converting the unused railway reservation for a shopping plaza, which has not yet eventuated.

The track "down" from Leongatha Station ends at the rear of a petrol station, approx 500 metres away. The Home signal for trains approaching Leogatha from Koonwarra remains, however due to no rail for any significant distance from the signal, it has been decommissioned. From the end of the rail, the reservation is a crushed rock pathway mainly used by bicycles and pedestrians.