Loch, Victoria

Loch Victoria
File:Loch Victoria Manor.JPG Victoria Manor, an antique shop in Loch
Loch Location in South Gippsland Shire
Coordinates
Population	523 (2009)
Established	1876
Postcode(s)	3945
LGA(s)	South Gippsland Shire
State electorate(s)	Gippsland South
Federal Division(s)	McMillan

Loch is a town in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia which was established in 1876. The town was named in honour of the Governor of Victoria, Henry Loch.

Transport

Main article: Loch railway station, Victoria

Loch was formerly situated along the South Gippsland railway corridor that operated to its terminus at Yarram in the early 1980s and Leongatha in the mid 1990s. A V/Line road coach service replaced the rail service to Leongatha on July 24 1993, running between Melbourne and Yarram. However, since the closure of the South Gippsland rail line with the exception of the locally run tourist railway between Nyora and Leongatha by the Kennett Victorian government on December 14 1994, the South and West Gippsland Transport Group represented by the local council are campaigning for the rail services to be reinstated beyond the current terminus at Cranbourne by the 2020s.