1928 Country Passenger timetables
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Putting these pages together has been a most pleasureable experience. With a little imagination it has been like stepping into a time machine. Oh what I'd give to be a person of means with a decent camera and an "all lines" ticket. in 1928! As can be seen reading through the timetable practically every line had a pasenger service of some sort, the only line without one was the Stawell to Grampians line and, as can be seen on the map, the VR had already lost interest in the Wenslydale line as the map has a notation next to it simply saying "unused" even though its official closure date was not until 1948. The internal combustion engine as well as the building of an extensive road system are known as "progress" but unless you have a car most of the destinations in this timetable are unreachable now. Unlike the happy days in 1928 when you could catch a train to almost any station on the Victorian Railways system.

Many thanks to Chris Wurr for making this timetable available to scan.

Page # Table #'s
(see map)
Contents
MAP
1 & 2 How to read the timetable
19, 20 1 & 2 Melbourne - Castlemaine - Bendigo
Clarkefield - Lancefield
21, 22 3, 4 & 5 Woodend _Daylesford - Ballarat
Ballarat - Maryborough - Castlemaine
Kyneton - Redesdale
23, 24 6 & 7 Castlemaine - Maldon - Shelbourne
Maryborough - Woomelang - Ouyen - Mildura - Yelta
25, 26 8, 9 & 10 Ouyen - Murrayville - Pinnaroo - Adelaide
Redcliffs - Meringur
Maryborough - Inglewood
27, 28 11, 12, 15, 15a & 16 Maryborough - Ararat
Ararat - Ben Nevis - Navarre
Bendigo - Echuca - Deniliquin
Echuca - Balranald
Elmore - Cohuna
29, 30 17, 18, 19 & 20 Bendigo - Swan Hill - Yungera
Kerang - Koondrook tramway
Bendigo - Koring Vale - Sea Lake - Kulwin
Wedderburn Junction - Wedderburn
31, 32 21 & 22 Korong Vale - Ultima - Robinvale,
Kerang - Muuabit - Poonboon
33, 34 25 Melbourne - Ballarat - Serviceton
35, 36 26 Melbourne - Adelaide
37, 38 26 (cont.) Adelaide - Melbourne
39, 40 27 & 28 Ballarat - Buninyong
Ballarat - Newtown - Skipton
41, 42 29, 30 & 31 Ballarat - Waubra
Murtoa - Hopetoun - Patchewollock
Horsham - Goroke - Mortat
43, 44 32, 33, 34 & 35 Horsham - Balmoral - Hamilton
Lubeck - Marnoo - Bolangum
Dimboola - Yaapeet
Jeparit - Yanac
45, 46 39 Melbourne - Geelong - Port Fairy
47, 48 40 & 41 Geelong - Ballarat
Irrewarra - Cressy - Newtown - Ballarat
49, 50 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 & 48 Geelong - Maroona - Ararat
Geelong - Queenscliff
Birregurra - Forrest
Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes
Colac - Alvie
Camperdown - Timboon
Terang - Mortlake
51, 52 49 & 50 Ararat - Portland
Warrnambool - Hamilton
53, 54 51, 52 & 53 Hamilton - Coleraine
Branxholme - Casterton
Heywood - Mount Gambier - Wolseley - Adelaide
55, 56 57 Melbourne - Seymour - Wodonga and Sydney
57, 58 58, 59, 60 & 61 Wallan - Bendigo
Tallarook - Cathkin - Alexandra - Mansfield
Seymour - Tocumwal - Cobram
Murchison East - Rushworth - Colbinabbin - Girgarre
59, 60 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 & 67a Toolamba - Echuca - Deniliquin
Shepparton - Katamatite
Numurkah - Picola
Benalla - Yarrawonga
Benalla - Tatong
Wangaratta - Whitfield
Wangaratta - Peechelba
61, 62 68, 69, 70 & 71 Wangaratta - Everton - Yackandandah
Everton - Bright
Springhurst - Wahgunyah
Wodonga - Cudgewa
63, 64 75 Melbourne - Bairnsdale
65, 66 Advertisements
67, 68 76, 77, 78 & 79 Bairnsdale - Orbost
Traralgon - Maffra - Briagolong - Bairnsdale
Warragul - Noojee
Moe - Thorpdale
69, 70 80, 81, 82 & 83 Morwell - North Mirboo
Moe - Walhalla
Moe - Yallourn
Melbourne - Yarram - Woodside - Port Albert
71, 72 84, 85 & 86 Koo-Wee-Rup - Strezlecki
Nyora - Wonthaggi
Korumburra - Outrim