A black and white photograph of the new steel railway bridge over Maroondah Highway, Lilydale, with a steam engine and its carriages crossing during initial testing.
The route between Lilydale and Warburton was originally proposed to be built as one of four experimental narrow gauge lines, but the recommendation was not accepted and the Warburton line opened as a 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) railway on Wednesday, 13 November 1901. The line from Lilydale to Warburton was slightly over 37 kilometres (23 mi) long. The last train ran on Sunday, 1 August 1965, although the official closure was on 29 July 1965.
Servicesedit
Throughout its life the Warburton line had both passenger and goods services. Although passenger services generally ran as a shuttle between Lilydale and Warburton stations), some were operated by so-called E trains, which consisted of either two electric swing-door cars (generally known as "dog boxes") or two Tait cars,[1] hauling a number country carriages on services that ran express for most of their journey from Flinders Street station to Ringwood, except for a stop at Box Hill. At Lilydale, the country carriages were detached, and hauled by a steam locomotive to their destination at Warburton, with the reverse arrangement for the return trip.
Current statusedit
Although the track was dismantled in the 1970s, the Warburton line right-of-way is intact, except for a short section leased to Mount Lilydale Mercy College. All the bridges are still in place, except the one that previously crossed the Maroondah Highway. A new bridge, allowing the highway to be safely crossed by cyclists and pedestrians, was completed in 2011. The route formerly used by the line is now the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail, a pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian trail.
The Official website Visit Warburton – Warburton Valley Community and Economic Development Association (CEDA)
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warburton, railway, line, just, outside, melbourne, australia, railway, branching, from, healesville, line, present, terminus, lilydale, warburtonoverviewstatusclosed, line, lilydale, warburton, rail, trailownervictorian, railways, 1901, 1965, localemelbourne,. The Warburton railway line just outside Melbourne Australia was a railway branching off from the Healesville line at the present terminus Lilydale WarburtonOverviewStatusClosed line Lilydale to Warburton Rail TrailOwnerVictorian Railways VR 1901 1965 LocaleMelbourne Victoria AustraliaTerminiLilydaleWarburton La La Siding Continues fromLilydaleConnecting linesLilydale lineFormer connectionsHealesville line Powelltown tramwayStations11 former stations2 former sidingsServiceTypeFormer Melbourne suburban serviceOperator s Victorian Railways VR 1901 1965 HistoryCommenced13 November 1901 1901 11 13 OpenedLilydale to Warburton on 13 November 1901 1901 11 13 Warburton to La La Siding on 3 May 1909 1909 05 03 Completed3 May 1909 1909 05 03 ClosedClosed on 29 July 1965 1965 07 29 Last train on 1 August 1965 1965 08 01 TechnicalLine length39 768 km 24 711 mi Number of tracksSingle trackTrack gauge1 600 mm 5 ft 3 in Route mapLegendkmLilydale lineto Flinders Street37 8 Lilydale old site 38 4 End of Metro areaOlinda CreekHealesville lineto Healesville44 2 Mount Evelyn49 3 Wandin52 5 Seville55 8 KillaraWoori Yallock Creek59 8 Woori Yallock65 0 Launching Place63 1 Yarra JunctionPowelltown Tramwayto Powelltown69 1 BritanniaBritannia Creek TramwayLittle Yarra River71 7 Wesburn73 4 Millgrove76 7 Warburton77 6 La La SidingWarburton Tramwaykmbroad gauge3 ft narrow gaugeThis diagram viewtalkeditMt Evelyn railway station 1920 Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Current status 4 Station histories 5 References 6 See alsoHistory edit nbsp A black and white photograph of the new steel railway bridge over Maroondah Highway Lilydale with a steam engine and its carriages crossing during initial testing The route between Lilydale and Warburton was originally proposed to be built as one of four experimental narrow gauge lines but the recommendation was not accepted and the Warburton line opened as a 5 ft 3 in 1 600 mm railway on Wednesday 13 November 1901 The line from Lilydale to Warburton was slightly over 37 kilometres 23 mi long The last train ran on Sunday 1 August 1965 although the official closure was on 29 July 1965 Services editThroughout its life the Warburton line had both passenger and goods services Although passenger services generally ran as a shuttle between Lilydale and Warburton stations some were operated by so called E trains which consisted of either two electric swing door cars generally known as dog boxes or two Tait cars 1 hauling a number country carriages on services that ran express for most of their journey from Flinders Street station to Ringwood except for a stop at Box Hill At Lilydale the country carriages were detached and hauled by a steam locomotive to their destination at Warburton with the reverse arrangement for the return trip Current status editAlthough the track was dismantled in the 1970s the Warburton line right of way is intact except for a short section leased to Mount Lilydale Mercy College All the bridges are still in place except the one that previously crossed the Maroondah Highway A new bridge allowing the highway to be safely crossed by cyclists and pedestrians was completed in 2011 The route formerly used by the line is now the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail a pedestrian bicycle and equestrian trail Station histories editStation Opened 2 Closed 2 Age NotesLilydale 1 December 1882 141 yearsMount Evelyn 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 years Formerly Olinda Vale Formerly EvelynWandin 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 yearsSeville 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 yearsKillara 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 yearsWoori Yallock 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 years Formerly Woori Yallock Formerly WooriLaunching Place 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 yearsYarra Junction 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 yearsBritannia 9 September 1902 March 1933 30 years Formerly Richard s SidingWesburn 13 November 1901 15 December 1964 63 years Formerly West WarburtonMillgrove 13 November 1905 15 December 1964 59 yearsWarburton 13 November 1901 29 July 1965 63 yearsLa La Siding 3 May 1909 29 July 1965 56 yearsReferences edit Henderson R G Dornan S E 1979 The Electric Railways of Victoria Sydney Australian Electric Traction Association p 77 ISBN 0909459061 a b Vicsig Warburton line vicsig net Retrieved 6 May 2023 See also editLilydale to Warburton Rail Trail The Official website Visit Warburton Warburton Valley Community and Economic Development Association CEDA Historical Train Photos of Warburton D3 639 Electric E 1106 WarburtonInfo com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Warburton railway line amp oldid 1181175780, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
