YARRA RANGES: Community House re-opens
Lilydale’s 112-year-old heritage railway station has been refurbished and reopened as the home of Lilydale Community House, thanks to VicTrack, Yarra Ranges Council and the State Government.
Representatives from the Lilydale Community House, VicTrack, Victorian Railways Institute and the Council formally reopened the heritage-listed building this month, as the new location for the community house.
The building has been extensively updated by VicTrack, with new kitchen and toilets, a multi-use activity room and interior refurbishments.
Council has leased the building from VicTrack, and is sub-leasing to the Lilydale Community House, which will manage the space with the Victorian Railways Institute.
Yarra Ranges Mayor, Cr Richard Higgins, said: This station is a key part of Lilydale’s history. Many of us will remember catching trains from the old station, and some of us may even remember stopping in at the refreshments room, which operated for about 60 years.”

