[2] The line was originally planned to extend about 8 miles (13 km) beyond Shelbourne to Laanecoorie, but work on that section was suspended in 1890.
Almost 2 miles (3 km) of earthworks and two trestle bridges had been built before construction was abandoned.
[3] The one intermediate station on the line was called Bradford until May 1919, when its name was altered to Pollard.
[4] In late 1936, a proposal to close the Castlemaine-Maldon-Shelbourne line was met with protests.
A bushfire on 8 January 1969 destroyed a number of the wooden trestle bridges between Maldon and Shelbourne, which were deemed uneconomical to rebuild, forcing the closure of the line.