Queenscliff Station
Station
Line: Queenscliff
Distance from Melbourne: 108.628 km
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Google Maps: Satellite / Map
Opened: May 21, 1879
Closed: November 6, 1976
Line: Queenscliff
Distance from Melbourne: 108.628 km
Track Diagram: View
Google Maps: Satellite / Map
Opened: May 21, 1879
Closed: November 6, 1976
Queenscliff station was built to serve the town of the same name.
The main traffic dispatched was fish from the fishing fleet stationed at Queenscliff. Ordinance and explosives from the military's Swan Island depot was also shipped by rail.
A 3 foot gauge tramway existed between the years of 1886 and 1958 to serve the military facilities on Swan Bay. A gantry crane was provided at the down end of the Queenscliff yard to aid transhipment of goods.
The yard at Queenscliff was unusual in having three sets of three-way points used.
Events
| May 21, 1879 | Opened |
| January 1, 1881 | New station building provided (this year) |
| January 1, 1886 | 3 foot gauge tramway built to Swan Island to serve military facilities there (this year) |
| January 1, 1936 | Pier extension beyond Bridge Street closed, as well as number 2 road extension (this year) |
| January 1, 1958 | Swan Bay tramway closed (this year) |
| November 22, 1960 | Turntable put out of use |
| November 3, 1970 | Turntable and number 3 road removed |
| November 6, 1976 | Closed |
Line Opened
| May 21, 1879 | Line opened Queenscliff Junction to Queenscliff |
Safeworking
| May 21, 1879 | Staff and Ticket provided Queenscliff Junction - Queenscliff |
| June 8, 1931 | Staff and Ticket provided Drysdale - Queenscliff |
| November 6, 1976 | Queenscliff closed. Staff and Ticket section now South Geelong - Cheetham's Siding |
Line Closed
| November 6, 1976 | Line closed Cheetham's Siding to Queenscliff |
Diagrams
NOTE: Diagrams are not to scale.
