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title="Wimmera">Wimmera</a> region of Victoria that branched off of the <a href="/wiki/Serviceton_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Serviceton railway line">Serviceton railway line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Horsham_railway_station,_Victoria" title="Horsham railway station, Victoria">Horsham railway station, Victoria</a>. It was opened from <a href="/wiki/Horsham,_Victoria" title="Horsham, Victoria">Horsham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Natimuk" title="Natimuk">East Natimuk</a> in August 1887, East Natimuk to <a href="/wiki/Goroke,_Victoria" title="Goroke, Victoria">Goroke</a> in July 1894 and then from Goroke to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carpolac,_Victoria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carpolac, Victoria (page does not exist)">Carpolac</a> in May 1927 and closed on December 8, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Carpolac</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_(Carpolac_Railway_Line).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="rail bridge over the Wimmera River between Quantong and East Natimuk"><img alt="rail bridge over the Wimmera River between Quantong and East Natimuk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_%28Carpolac_Railway_Line%29.jpg/320px-Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_%28Carpolac_Railway_Line%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_%28Carpolac_Railway_Line%29.jpg/480px-Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_%28Carpolac_Railway_Line%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_%28Carpolac_Railway_Line%29.jpg/640px-Wimmera_River_Railway_Bridge_%28Carpolac_Railway_Line%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Closed, track removed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Termini</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Horsham</li><li>Carpolac</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">August 1887</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">8 December 1986</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_Guide">Line Guide</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carpolac_railway_line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Line Guide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Branched from the <a href="/wiki/Serviceton_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Serviceton railway line">Serviceton railway line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Horsham_railway_station,_Victoria" title="Horsham railway station, Victoria">Horsham station</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Remlaw_railway_siding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Remlaw railway siding (page does not exist)">Remlaw Siding</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vectis_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vectis railway station (page does not exist)">Vectis</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quantong_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quantong railway station (page does not exist)">Quantong</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Natimuk_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Natimuk railway station (page does not exist)">East Natimuk</a> junction with the <a href="/wiki/Balmoral_railway_line" title="Balmoral railway line">Balmoral railway line</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Natimuk_railway_station" title="Natimuk railway station">Natimuk</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arapiles_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arapiles railway station (page does not exist)">Arapiles</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitre_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitre railway station (page does not exist)">Mitre (formerly St Mary's/Mitre Lake)</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duffholme_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duffholme railway station (page does not exist)">Duffholme</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gymbowen_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gymbowen railway station (page does not exist)">Gymbowen</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Goroke_railway_station" title="Goroke railway station">Goroke</a> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mortat_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mortat railway station (page does not exist)">Mortat</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Carpolac_railway_station" title="Carpolac railway station">Carpolac</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carpolac_railway_line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The line was opened in stages from Horsham to East Natimuk in August 1887, East Natimuk to Goroke in July 1894 and Goroke to Carpolac in 1927. It closed from East Natimuk to Carpolac on December 8, 1986 however the last train on the line ran in February 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>in 1910 the railway line in Mitre (formerly St Mary's then known as Mitre Lake) was flooded due to it running at a low elevation through the Mitre Swamp, this resulted in the line being suspended beyond Mitre. A deviation around the swamp was constructed a short time later and the original line was dismantled and formed the main road to Goroke.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 1937 and lasting until April 1965 there was a daily mail/passenger train between Horsham/Carpolac. Sometime during the line's life, there was also a daily goods train.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1968-69 grain harvest, the line saw a record number of trains with up to 10 trains a day in operation.. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Mortlake_railway_line" title="Mortlake railway line">Mortlake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Gambier%E2%80%93Heywood_railway_line" title="Mount Gambier–Heywood railway line">Mount Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarre_railway_line" title="Navarre railway line">Navarre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinnaroo_railway_line,_Victoria" title="Pinnaroo railway line, Victoria">Pinnaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellarine_Railway" title="Bellarine Railway">Queenscliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skipton_railway_line" title="Skipton railway line">Skipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timboon_railway_line" title="Timboon railway line">Timboon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wensleydale_railway_line_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wensleydale railway line (Australia)">Wensleydale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanac_railway_line" title="Yanac railway line">Yanac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaapeet_railway_line" title="Yaapeet railway line">Yaapeet</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Victorian_Goldfields_Railway" title="Victorian Goldfields Railway">Shelbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Crossing_railway_line" title="Stony Crossing railway line">Stony Crossing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Eastern District</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_railway_line" title="Alexandra railway line">Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bright_railway_line" title="Bright railway line">Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobram_railway_line" title="Cobram railway line">Cobram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colbinabbin_railway_line" title="Colbinabbin railway line">Colbinabbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cudgewa_railway_line" title="Cudgewa railway line">Cudgewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girgarre_railway_line" title="Girgarre railway line">Girgarre</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Barry_Beach_railway_line" title="Barry Beach railway line">Barry Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briagolong_railway_line" title="Briagolong railway line">Briagolong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maffra_railway_line" title="Maffra railway line">Maffra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirboo_North_railway_line" title="Mirboo North railway line">Mirboo North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noojee_railway_line" title="Noojee railway line">Noojee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outtrim_railway_line" title="Outtrim railway line">Outtrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strzelecki_railway_line" title="Strzelecki railway line">Strzelecki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpdale_railway_line" title="Thorpdale railway line">Thorpdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla_railway_line" title="Walhalla railway line">Walhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonthaggi_railway_line" title="Wonthaggi railway line">Wonthaggi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodside_railway_line" title="Woodside railway line">Woodside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yallourn_railway_line" title="Yallourn railway line">Yallourn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Narrow gauge branch lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beech_Forest_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Beech Forest railway line">Beech Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puffing_Billy_Railway" title="Puffing Billy Railway">Gembrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powelltown_tramway" title="Powelltown tramway">Powelltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyers_Valley_Tramway" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyers Valley Tramway">Tyers Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla_railway_line" title="Walhalla railway line">Walhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welshpool_Jetty_railway_line" title="Welshpool Jetty railway line">Welshpool Jetty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_railway_line" title="Whitfield railway line">Whitfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cross country lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avoca_railway_line" title="Avoca railway line">Avoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaglehawk%E2%80%93Inglewood_railway_line" title="Eaglehawk–Inglewood railway line">Eaglehawk–Inglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geelong%E2%80%93Ballarat_railway_line" title="Geelong–Ballarat railway line">Geelong–Ballarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathcote_railway_line" title="Heathcote railway line">Heathcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moolort_railway_line" title="Moolort railway line">Moolort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toolamba%E2%80%93Echuca_railway_line" title="Toolamba–Echuca railway line">Toolamba–Echuca</a></li></ul> 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