The Millicent rail lands are under offer according to a local real estate agent.
The parcel of land measuring 5.25 hectares (12 acres) was put on the open market in early-2019 after being in the ownership of the state and colonial governments since the 1870s.
The land includes a tele-communications tower and the 1920s-era railway station and both structures are subject to leases.
The stone station building has been the base for the town’s community radio station for around 30 years.
The original station master’s house passed into private ownership many years ago.
The rail lands adjoin other State Government land which is also expected to come onto the open market in 2022 after Wattle Range Council removed encumbrances last year.
For much of the past 30 years, there have been talks between the State Government and local government officials about the future of the vacant Millicent land and its potential for housing or other development.
Goods trains ran between Mount Gambier and Millicent from 1879 until the early 1990s.
“Red Hen” rail cars occasionally used the Millicent to Mount Gambier line between 1997 and 2006.
They had formerly run on the Adelaide rail system and were brought to the region by the not-for-profit organisation called Limestone Coast Railway which is now defunct.
The Limestone Coast Railway also operated out of Mount Gambier to Penola, Kalangadoo and the Victorian border and ran scheduled and charter trips.
