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The xx railway line (also known as xx) is a closed xx mi branch railway line narrow gauge railway line freight-only situated in the xx region of Victoria, Australia. Constructed by the Victorian Railways, it branches from the xx line at xx station, and runs north south east west from the town of to. and across the Victoria-New South Wales border to the town of. The line was primarily built to serve the xx industry at xx / provide an alternative route to xx In the later years of the line, as well as providing a general goods and passenger service to townships in the area.

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 * The final section of the line between Neerim South and traversed increasingly hilly terrain and featured a number of large timber trestle bridges. Extensively and repeatedly damaged by bushfires over the years, the line was closed in the 1950s and dismantled. The last remaining large trestle bridge on the line has been preserved and has become a popular local tourist attraction.
 * The terminus was near the New South Wales Culcairn - Corowa railway, but no bridge was ever provided over the Murray River. As the two lines were of differing gauges and the stations 2.5 kilometres (1.25 miles) apart there was probably no particular benefit for the expense of building a bridge to connect the two differing systems.
 * It was one of the earliest branch lines constructed in Victoria.
 * The line served the major regional town of, which had been active in campaigning for the main rail route into New South Wales to run via the town.
 * The line followed the Ovens Valley
 * The High Country Rail Trail now uses most of the railway reserve.
 * It was built as a tramway, running from to, Two years later it was taken over by the Victorian Railways (VR) and sections of the track were upgraded allowing its reclassification as a railway.

History
The line was opened in xx stages from xx to xx , and closed in xx stages from xx to xx.