Bairnsdale Station

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Bairnsdale railway station is the terminus of the Orbost line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Bairnsdale opening on 8 May 1888.Until 1987 the line continued to Orbost. This has been redeveloped as the East Gippsland Rail Trail, a shared bicycle, walking, and horseriding track.HistoryThe railway 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 were cut beyond Sale in August 1993.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 in 2004 as part of the Linking Victoria program. Until mid-2009, a five-day-a-week freight train hauling logs from Bairnsdale to North Geelong Yard operated from a siding east of the station.Until their demolition, Hillside, Lindenow, Fernbank and Munro stations were located between Bairnsdale and Stratford stations.