Welshpool railway station, Victoria
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Welshpool was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland...

, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

. The station formerly served the small town of Welshpool
Welshpool, Victoria
Welshpool is a town in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Welshpool had a population of 147.-Notes and references:...

. The station was opened during the 1890s and operated until the 1980s. The site of the station contains a preserved platform and the base of its crane. The station no longer contains the tiny building that was donated to Loch station
Loch railway station, Victoria
Loch is a railway station on the former South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station is now part of the South Gippsland Tourist railway, after passenger operations on the line ceased after Cranbourne station in 1993....

. Welshpool station had a small horse-drawn narrow gauge branch line to Welshpool Jetty which was closed in 1941. Near the former station is Welshpool Hospital.
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