Maffra railway line

The Maffra railway line is a closed railway line in Victoria, Australia. The line provided an alternative route to East Gippsland than the current route to Sale. The line was closed in stages from Traralgon to Cowwarr in 1986, and from Cowwarr to Maffra in 1994. In its latter years, the main purpose of the line was to serve dairy industries at Maffra.

Maffra railway
Overview
Status	Closed
History
Opened	1883–1887
Closed	1986: Traralgon to Cowwarr 1994: Cowwarr to Maffra
Route map Legend kms from Melbourne Gippsland line to Melbourne 160.07 Traralgon 167.60 Glengarry 176.00 Toongabbie 184.15 Cowwarr 189.54 Dawson 195.05 Heyfield 204.85 Tinamba 212.57 Maffra Briagolong line Powerscourt siding 224.10 Stratford Gippsland line to Bairnsdale km This diagram: view talk edit

The last passenger service from Traralgon to Maffra was run by a 153hp Walker railmotor on 7 July 1977. A replacement bus service started two days later.^[1] The last freight service on the line ran on 8 September 1994. It was an up goods to Sale, with locomotive N472 hauling a single container wagon and rail tractor RT49.^[2]