{"id":51428,"date":"2024-05-23T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T04:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=51428"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T04:08:56","slug":"old-leongatha-line-near-tooradin-victoria-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=51428","title":{"rendered":"Old Leongatha line near Tooradin Victoria Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Victorian Labour Governments commitment to maintaining a freight and passenger network in Victoria is a myth.  The business case for the upgrade of the line to Leongatha for freight was a significant case with much freight available for a line properly maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Victorian Labour Government promised to reopen the line to Leongatha and walked away from its commitment just as they have for many rail projects in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"51429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/444486841_1916786382117507_6069630736337660377_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/444486841_1916786382117507_6069630736337660377_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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height=\"683\" data-id=\"51432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/438100833_1916786222117523_9045510542489471700_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/438100833_1916786222117523_9045510542489471700_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/438100833_1916786222117523_9045510542489471700_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/438100833_1916786222117523_9045510542489471700_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/438100833_1916786222117523_9045510542489471700_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/438100833_1916786222117523_9045510542489471700_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An old postcard view of the station, with Station Master&#8217;s house behind the platform<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Image-64-1-1024x647.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Image-64-1-1024x647.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Image-64-1-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Image-64-1-768x485.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Image-64-1.jpeg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Images of Tooradin Railway Station area from Dan the Rail Man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Victorian Labour Government promised to reopen the line to Leongatha and walked away from its commitment just as they have for many rail 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