Eastern Area railway line

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Eastern Area was a railway branch line built in the 1910s to service the State Coal Mine (Eastern Precinct) located in Wonthaggi. The Eastern Area Mine operated from 1919 to 1947[1] while this section of track operated until the 1950sScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..

The short section of line extended approximately 2 km beyond Wonthaggi Railway Station which was the terminus of the Wonthaggi Line.

This branch was closed at a time when the Victorian Railways was closing a number of other small branch lines and stations around Victoria.

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