South Gippsland Railway

South Gippsland Railway
Overview
Type	Tourist Railway
Status	Closed
Stations	Leongatha to Nyora
Operation
Commenced	15 December 1994
Closed	16 January 2016

The South Gippsland Railway was a tourist railway located in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It controlled a section of the former South Gippsland railway line between Nyora and Leongatha, and operated services from Leongatha to Nyora, via Korumburra, the journey taking about 65 minutes.

The South Gippsland line (also known as the Great Southern Railway) was opened from Dandenong to Cranbourne in 1888 and extended to Koo Wee Rup, Nyora and Loch in 1890, Korumburra and Leongatha in 1891.

South Gippsland Railway Inc. (SGR) was founded in 1990 as the Great Southern Railway Society, based in Nyora. In 1994, a section of the South Gippsland railway line, from Lang Lang to Leongatha was leased by the Victorian government to the South Gippsland Railway. Freight trains continued to use the line from Dandenong as far as Koala Siding near Nyora until 1998.

The SGR provided regular Sunday train services, using three train types. These were:

During school holiday periods, services were operated on Sundays and Wednesdays.

The South Gippsland Railway operated regular Sunday trains on the complete Lenogatha to Nyora section. In addition, a number of special trains were run. These included the "Dinner Train", a service providing in-train hospitality, beverages and snacks, with a barbecue-style evening dinner at Korumburra Station. This service ran approximately every two months.

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