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Ben Nevis railway station information


37°11′33″S 143°07′00″E / 37.1926°S 143.1168°E / -37.1926; 143.1168 Ben Nevis railway station is an abandoned station on the Avoca railway line, a railway line running from Ararat to Avoca and onto Maryborough in the Australian state of Victoria. It also acted as the terminus of the abandoned Navarre railway line to Navarre, a community in the Wimmera region of Victoria, which was closed in 1954.[1]

Little remained of the station in 2013 situated near the intersection of the Pyrenees Highway and the Buangor – Ben Nevis Road, although earthworks associated with it are clearly visible nearby as can the rail lines themselves.

  1. ^ "Victorian Railways, Ben Nevis- Navarre, Closure of line". The Argus (Melbourne). 11 February 1954. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

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