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Bairnsdale railway station
Railway station in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bairnsdale railway station is the terminus of the Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Bairnsdale, and it opened on 8 May 1888.[1]
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Bairnsdale | |||||||||||||
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PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||||
![]() Station entrance and building, September 2017 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Macleod Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria 3875 Shire of East Gippsland Australia | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°49′44″S 147°37′39″E | ||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||
Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
Distance | 274.85 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Status | Operational, staffed | ||||||||||||
Station code | BDE | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | ||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 8 May 1888; 136 years ago (1888-05-08) | ||||||||||||
Closed | August 1993 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 3 May 2004 | ||||||||||||
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Until 1987, the line continued to Orbost. This has been redeveloped as the East Gippsland Rail Trail, a shared bicycle, walking, and horse-riding track.[2]