Crowes railway station
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Crowes | |
|---|---|
 Crowes Station in 1912, soon after opening | |
| General information | |
| Line | Crowes |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Closed |
| History | |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Closed | 1954 |
Crowes was a railway station located in the Otway Ranges. It is noted for having been the southernmost railway terminus in mainland Australia.[1]
Crowes station was opened on 20 June 1911, as part of the extension of the Colac to Beech Forest Narrow-gauge railway.[2]
It consisted of a platform track and two loop sidings, with No. 3 Road servicing a pig race and a ramped goods platform. A four-chain curve beyond the yard ended with a standard narrow-gauge buffer stop in front of a huge tree stump.[3]
At the up end of the yard, an Annett-locked loco siding facing the yard had two ash pits, a water stand-pipe and an engine shed.[3] Two timber station buildings, separated by a waiting shelter, provided passenger and staff accommodation. A van-goods shed was located at the down end of the platform.
In 1934, bushfires destroyed the station buildings and engine shed.[4] A 12' x 20' "portable" station building was provided to replace the earlier ones, but it only housed bunks for the train crew staying overnight.[3][4]
The pig race and goods platform were removed in 1940, whilst No. 2 Road was removed in 1941.[5][4]
Today a short section of track, buffer stop, station nameboard and an NQR wagon mark the station site.
