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Pirron Yallock is located south of the town itself, on Kervines Road between Swan Marsh and Station Roads. The platform was located south of the tracks on the down side. The carriage dock was removed in 1911. The station master was replaced by a porter in October 1939.

The station was provided with plunger locking on the main line points on December 13, 1909. From 1929 it was just an intermediate electric staff block point, but only when Pomborneit was not one. This requirement was removed in 1967. In July 1965 the dead end extension of number 2 road abolished, to permitting the road to be extended by 340 yards at down end.

Pirron Yallock was made 'no one in charge' in 1978, with the station was one of five on the line closed to passenger traffic as part of the 'New Deal' of 1981. It was closed as an Electric Staff station on November 21, 1985. All signals were abolished, and points spiked

The station building remains unused today, behind a cyclone fence with no gates. A radio tower is located alongside, as is a disused water tank. The station was restored by the State Government in the last 5 years, with the building repainted and all windows and doors blanked off.

Events

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Looking down the line past the station January 5, 2009	Creek crossing with armco pipe January 5, 2009	Tomahawk Creek Road looking north January 5, 2009
Tomahawk Creek Road looking south January 5, 2009	Along the former platform January 5, 2009	No gate in the fence either January 5, 2009
Water tank at the up end January 5, 2009	No way in to the station at all January 5, 2009	Coupler shank and barrels of rail fixings January 5, 2009

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Sources

• Newsrail - October 2006, page 319
• Weekly Notice Extracts - Alan Jungwirth and Keith Lambert