Spring Vale Cemetery railway station

Spring Vale Cemetery
Coordinates Coordinates: 37°55′15″S 145°24′18″E / 37.92094°S 145.40509°E / -37.92094; 145.40509
Line(s) Spring Vale Cemetery
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Closed
History
Opened 7 February 1904 (1904-02-07)
Closed 1952

Springvale Cemetery station was a railway station in Melbourne, Australia, serving the Springvale Cemetery. It had its own branch line, which split from the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines at Springvale station. It was opened on 7 February 1904, to transport coffins, passengers and staff to the cemetery,[1] and closed during 1952, at a time when many small branch lines were being closed by Victorian Railways.

References

  1. "History". The Necropolis Trust. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Springvale   Spring Vale Cemetery   Terminus
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  


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