Navarre railway line
Former railway line in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Navarre railway line is an abandoned railway that ran between Ben Nevis railway station and Navarre, in the Wimmera region of the Australian state of Victoria. The settlement of Navarre is in the Shire of Northern Grampians. It was surveyed in 1855 and named after the medieval European Kingdom of Navarre.
Officially opened on 26 May 1914, the 23-mile (37 km) line branched from Ben Nevis on the Avoca railway line and had five stations: Crowlands, Joel, Landsborough, Tulkara and Navarre. Rolling stock, engines, drivers and repair crews were supplied from Ararat When the service began, a train ran three times per week.