Platina was a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in

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. The station was opened in 1910, and consisted of a passenger shed and a number of sidings. The Evans brothers built two lime kilns nearby in 1912, and had their own siding at the station, connected to the kilns by a tramway. In 1944, the railway line between Platina and Walhalla was closed. The lime quarries and kilns ceased operating in 1951, which led to the closure of the

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to Platina section of the railway the following year. All that exists at the former site of Platina Station is a small shelter and a grassed picnic area. A road overbridge is located at the

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end of the station site. The route of the line is now used by the

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. The

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has plans to extend the tourist railway to Platina and, eventually, to Erica.

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