Yarra Junction was on Warburton line.
Opened 1901 closed 1965. Town was originally known as Little Yarra Junction, 2km east where Little Yarra River joins Yarra River. Yarra Junction was also the junction for the 3' gauge Powelltown tramway 1913-45.
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Lilydale to Warburton line profile
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Yarra Junction Railway Station picture viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7207… via @Library_Vic 1910
Original station building was replaced in 1914 with the former building at Lilydale station, following new station building at Lilydale.
Loco Y class?
Yarra Junction 1918.
Ex Lilydale station building now in location.
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Yarra Junction c. 1920s
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Powelltown tramway on the right.
Yarra Junction
Loading ramps and cranes loading timber from Powelltown tramway onto Victorian Rail 1920s
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A Fatal Railway Accident in Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia, in 1913
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Detailed account of runaway trucks during construction of the tramway at link above.
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Last passenger train on the Powelltown tramway at Yarra Junction
P G Dow 1939
Tramway continued for timber until 1945.
YARRA JUNCTION STATION 24.11.64 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
The former Yarra Junction station is now the Upper Yarra Museum
upperyarramuseum.org.au
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