Bright railway line

Bright railway line
Overview
Status	converted to Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail
Termini	Bowser Bright
Continues from	Yackandandah line
Stations	11
Operation
Opened	Bowser-Myrtleford: 17 December 1883 Myrtleford-Bright: 17 October 1890
Closed	Myrtleford-Bright: 30 November 1983 Bowser-Myrtleford: 13 April 1987
Owner	V/Line
Operator(s)	V/Line
Technical
Line length	75.8 kilometres
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)

Bright railway line
North East line at Bowser station Londrigan Tarrawingee Everton Yackandandah line Brookfield Bowman Gapsted Myrtleford Ovens Eurobin Porepunkah Bright

The Bright railway line was a railway line in Victoria, Australia constructed by the Victorian Railways as a branch from the previously constructed Yackandandah line to Beechworth, with the Bright line branching at Everton. The line followed the Ovens Valley opening as far as Myrtleford on 17 December 1883 being extended to Bright on 17 October 1890.

The line carried a variety of traffic, including many tourists to Mount Buffalo, where the Victorian Railways operated the Mount Buffalo Chalet. The line closed in on 30 November 1983 between Bright and Myrtleford, and back to the junction with the North East line at Bowser on 13 April 1987, the Yackandandah line from Everton having closed in December 1976.

In the 1990s the line became part of the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail. Bright station is maintained as a museum.

Larsen, Wal (1983). The Ovens Valley Railway. Bright: self published. ISBN . 

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