Yan Yean was a steam-era railway station on the Whittlesea line in Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia. It is now located on private property. Yan Yean station...
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renamed Yan Yean South in 1892 (later Mernda). A Barber's Creek office (opened 1876) was renamed Yan Yean Railway Station in 1892, then Yan Yean in 1907...
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south-east of the station, in 1864, 1909 and 1913 respectively. The reservoirs were constructed to hold Melbourne's water supply from the Yan Yean Reservoir....
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the area lead to the construction of a Methodist church on the corner of Yan Yean Road and Chapel Lane, which was opened in 1862. The Doreen name comes from...
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Mernda station opened on 23 December 1889, when the railway line from Epping was extended to Whittlesea. It was originally named South Yan Yean, and was...
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Wallaby Creek Woodstock 3755 Yan Yean 3755 (Shared with Shire of Nillumbik) Ashburton 3147 Alamein (the name of the railway station) Solway (in the south with...
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the township was known as South Yan Yean. In 1913 the locality was renamed Mernda. The post office and the railway station were also renamed. The name means...
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Morang itself was renamed by the locals to Yan Yean South in 1893 - as it is the suburb lying directly below Yan Yean. ‘Morang’ is an ancient aboriginal word...
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A number of railway lines and stations which formed part of the greater Melbourne railway network have been closed over time, either in part or in full...
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as part of railway extensions into the northern suburbs. What became known as the Inner Circle line was opened from Spencer Street station (now Southern...
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