Bairnsdale railway station

Bairnsdale railway station is a regional railway station and the terminus of the Gippsland line, part of the Victorian railway network. It serves the city of Bairnsdale, in Victoria, Australia. Bairnsdale station is a ground level premium station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 8 May 1888, with the current station provided in 2004. It initially closed in August 1993, then reopened on 3 May 2004.^[1]

Bairnsdale
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
Connections	Bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, staffed
Station code	BDE
Fare zone	Myki not available. Paper ticket only.
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	8 May 1888; 137 years ago (1888-05-08)
Closed	August 1993
Rebuilt	3 May 2004
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station Stratford towards Southern Cross Gippsland line Terminus
Former service Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Line open   Orbost line   Nicholson
Location Bairnsdale Location within Victoria

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]

History

The railway line opened to Bairnsdale in 1888, and from 1916, continued through to Orbost, until this section was closed in 1987. The passenger service to the town was named The Gippslander in 1954, but services were suspended beyond Sale in August 1993.^[3]

Following the cessation of log trains in December 1995, the line between Sale and Bairnsdale was closed, until it was partially reopened for log trains in mid-1999. Following major infrastructure repairs, the passenger service was restored on 3 May 2004, as part of the Linking Victoria program.^[3][4] Until mid-2009, a five-day-a-week freight train hauling logs from Bairnsdale to North Geelong Yard operated from a siding approximately 2.5 km west of the station.

Until their demolition, Hillside, Lindenow, Fernbank and Munro stations were located between Bairnsdale and Stratford stations.

Location

Bairnsdale station is 14 metres (46 ft) above sea level, and 275 kilometres (171 mi) from Melbourne.^[5]

Platforms and services

Bairnsdale has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Bairnsdale line services.^[6]

Platform 1:

•  Gippsland line  services to and from Southern Cross

Transport links

V/Line operates road coach services via Bairnsdale station to:

• Paynesville^[7]
• Marlo^[8]
• Batemans Bay^[9]
• Canberra^[10]

Gallery

• 
  Station building and bus interchange, April 2011
• 
  N468 running around an N set, January 2022
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  A view along platform 1 with an N set in the platform, April 2008
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  A view of the station building, April 2022