Wright railway station
Wright | |||||||||||
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 Wright station and platform, January 2022. | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°55′45″S 145°28′14″E / 37.92917°S 145.47056°E | ||||||||||
| System | Puffing Billy Railway station | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 56.43 km (35.06 mi) from Flinders Street | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
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Wright railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway, Melbourne, Australia.
It opened on 24 October 1904[1][2] as part of the Gembrook railway line. It served the Wright Forest and small township of Avonsleigh, and consisted of only a small Mallee shed and a name board. The adjacent Wright Road level crossing was not shown in references from 1909 or 1917[2], nor the grades chart from 1927.[3]
When the Gembrook line was officially closed on 30 April 1954, the site fell into disrepair, and by the 1990s, little trace of Wright remained. However, by that time, efforts were being made to extend the railway to the entire length of the original line from Lakeside through to Gembrook. Wright was officially re-opened on 18 October 1998, but a replica of the original shed was not rebuilt until sometime later.
Boom barriers were provided at the Wright Road level crossing on 20 February 2025, worked by predictor circuitry with a time-out function if the crossing has been active for too long. If this triggers, for example in the case of a train having stopped at the platform, the crossing can be manually activated.[4]
Trains do not normally stop at Wright.
References
- ^ "Wright". VICSIG. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ a b Don Harrison (1996). Waugh, Andrew (ed.). "Letters to the Editor" (PDF). Somersault. 19 (4). Signal Record Society of Victoria: 71. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ Victorian Railways (n.d.). Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook (Grades Diagram and Track Chart). Bau, M. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ Puffing Billy Railway (2025). Waugh, Andrew (ed.). "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. 48 (2). Signal Record Society of Victoria.
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au