List of closed Sydney railway stations
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[edit] Closed Lines
Name | Type | Opened | Closed | Stations | Current status |
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Abattoirs Branch | Diesel-era freight and suburban | 1911 (abattoirs loop) 1941 (saleyards loop) |
9 November 1984 (abattoirs loop) 22 June 1991 (saleyards loop) 22 August 1996 (Pippita branch) |
1 station; 4 workers' platforms | Track reopened to Pippita in 1998 as part of Olympic Park Line, remainder dismantled to make way for the Sydney Olympic Park. |
Camden Line | Steam-era suburban | 10 March 1882 | 1 January 1963 | 8 | All dismantled; formation visible in places. |
Holsworthy Line | Steam/diesel-era military and freight | 21 January 1918 | 21 June 1977 | 1 (restricted) | All dismantled; bridge over Georges River still in use as footbridge. |
Richmond-Kurrajong Line | Steam-era suburban | 8 November 1926 | 26 July 1952 | 8 | Alignment mostly intact; no trace of track or stations |
Rogans Hill Line | Steam-era suburban | 28 January 1923 (to Castle Hill) 24 November 1924 (to Rogans Hill) |
31 January 1932 | 11 | All dismantled; no trace remains of alignment |
Ropes Creek Line | Electric-era suburban | ? | 1986 | 3 | Track present for a kilometre or so as a storage siding; most track lifted; stations partially intact. |
Toronto Branch Line | Diesel-era suburban | 7 March 1891 | 1990 | 3 | Rail trail for entire length; stations intact, including Fassifern branch line platform |
Warwick Farm Racecourse Line | Electric-era suburban | ? | 1990s | 1 | Track lifted; station still intact |
Rookwood Cemetery Line | Steam-era cemetery | 22 October 1864 (to Cemetery Station No. 1)[1][2] 26 May 1897 (to Cemetery Station No. 3)[2] 19 June 1908 (to Cemetery Station No. 4)[2] |
1948 | 4 | Dismantled - formation remains in places |
[edit] Converted lines
Name | Original type | Opened | Conversion completed | Stations | Converted to |
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Royal National Park Branch Line | Electric-era suburban | 9 March 1886 | 1991 | 2 | In use by Sydney Tramway Museum; National Park stop still intact and in use by trams; Scout's Camp platform dismantled but formation still in use. |
Darling Harbour Goods Line | Diesel/electric-era freight | ? | 1997 to Wenworth Park 2001 to Lilyfield |
None on original line; 11 upon conversion | Central-Powerhouse museum still in use as a heavy rail museum siding; Powerhouse Museum-Lilyfield in use as Metro Light Rail. |
[edit] List of closed Sydney railway stations and platforms
- Abattoirs Branch
- Pippita Station
- Metropolitan Meat Platforms
- Abattoirs Platform
- Brickworks Platform
- Saleyards Platform
- Camden Branch
- Maryfields Platform Opened ??-Mar-1937, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Kenny Kill Platform Opened 10-Mar-1882, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Currans Hill Platform Opened 10-Mar-1882, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Narellan Station Opened 10-Mar-1882, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Grahams Hill Station Opened 10-Mar-1882, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Kirkham Station Opened 10-Mar-1882, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Elderslie Station Opened 01-Oct-1893, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Camden Station Opened 10-Mar-1882, Closed 01-Jan-1963
- Campsie-Flemington Goods Line
- Enfield Loco Platform
- Hope Street Platform
- Delec Platform
- Chullora-Sefton Goods Line
- Boshops A Platform
- Welders Platform
- Sigway Platform
- Perway Platform
- Boshops B Platform
- Boshops C Platform
- Elcar Platform
- Eastern Suburbs Line
- Woollahra Station (never completed)
- Charing Cross Station (originally proposed but never constructed)
- Frenchmans Road Station (originally proposed but never constructed)
- Randwick Station (originally proposed but never constructed)
- University Station (originally proposed but never constructed)
- Kingsford Station (originally proposed but never constructed)
- Holsworthy Line
- Anzac Rifle Range Platform
- Hunter Valley Line
- Allandale Station ('until further notice')
- Belford Station (permanently closed on September 4, 2005)
- North Sydney Car Sidings
- Milsons Point Station (#2)
- Milsons Point Station (#1)
- Olympic Park Line
- Pippita Station (Opened 4 October 1940, Closed 9 November 1984)
- Richmond Line
- Mulgrave Tank Platform
- Phillip Platform Closed 26-Jul-1952
- North Richmond Station (Opened 8-Dec-1926, Closed 26-Jul-1952)
- Red Cutting Halt Opened ??-Sept-1928, Closed 26-Jul-1952
- Kemsleys Platform Opened ??-Sept-1928, Closed 26-Jul-1952
- Thompsons Ridge Opened ??-Nov-1928, Platform Closed 26-Jul-1952
- Nurri Halt Opened ??-Sept-1928, Closed 26-Jul-1952
- Duffys Halt Opened ??-Sept-1928, Closed 26-Jul-1952
- Kurrajong Station Opened 8-Dec-1926, Closed 26-Jul-1952
- Rogans Hill Branch
- Mons Road Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 31-Jan-1932
- Northmead Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Jan-1932
- Moxham Road Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Model Farms Road Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Junction Road Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Baulkham Hills Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Cross Street Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Southleigh Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Parsonage Lane Platform Opened ??-Dec-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Castle Hill Platform Opened 28-Jan-1923, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Rogans Hill Platform Opened 24-Nov-1924, Closed 01-Feb-1932
- Rookwood Cemetery Line
- Ropes Creek Line
- Dunheved Station Opened 01-Mar-1942, Closed 22-Mar-1986
- Cochrane Station Opened 02-Sept-1957, Closed 22-Mar-1986
- Ropes Creek Station Opened 29-Jun-1942, Closed 22-Mar-1986
- Sandown Line
- Hardies Platform
- Goodyear Platform
- Cream of Tartar Works Platform Opened 07/03/1927, Closed ??/07/1959
- Sandown Platform
- South Coast Line
- Helensburgh (1st) Opened 1-Jan-1889 Closed 30-May-1915
- Lilyvale (1st) Opened Closed 30-May-1915
- Stanwell Park (1st) Opened Closed 10-Oct-1920
- Coal Cliff South Opened 1911 Closed
- Clifton Opened 25-Jul-1888 Closed 15-Aug-1915
- Yallah Opened 9-Nov-1887 Closed 19-Oct-1974
- Omega Opened 2-June-1893 Closed
- Toolijooa Opened 2-June-1893 Closed 19-Oct-1974
- Jaspers Brush Opened 2-June-1893 Closed
- The Royal National Park Branch
- Scouts Camp Platform
- The Royal National Park Station Opened 9-Mar-1886 Closed 11-June-1991 Now re-used as a tourist tramway stop with trams from the Sydney Tramway Museum at Loftus
- Warwick Farm Racecourse Branch
- Warwick Farm Racecourse Platform Opened 12-Jun-1889, Closed 7-Dec-1991, Last train 18-Aug-1990
- Western Line
- Parramatta Park Opened 23-Apr-1861 Closed 1914
- Log Cabin Opened Jul-1940 Closed Sep-1950
- Lucasville Opened 15-Apr-1878 Closed 18-Dec-1892
- Breakfast Point Opened 1-Sep-1877 Closed 1889
- Glenbrook (1st) Opened11-Jul-1867 Closed 25-Sep-1913
- Numantia Opened 9-Feb-1876 Closed 1897
- Alphington Opened1877 Closed 1888
- Hartley Vale Opened 1876 Closed 6-Apr-1975 Track formation around the island platform remains
Stations from Newnes Junction (2nd) to Bottom Poins of the Great Lithgow Zig Zag were closed on the 16-Oct-1910 with the opening of the 10 Tunnels Deviation also refered to as the 1910 Deviation.
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- Newnes Junction (2nd) Opened 16-Oct-1910 Closed 6-Apr-1975 The station has a signal box on it for Clarence Colliery coal train movements
- Newnes Junction (1st) Opened 27-Nov-1906 Closed 16-Oct-1910
- Clarence (1st) Opened 1874 Closed 16-Oct-1910
- Top Points
- Bottom Points
- Clarence (2nd) Opened 16-Oct-1910 Closed21-Sept-1974 1910 Deviation
- Esk Bank Opened Jun-1874
- Woronora Cemetery Line
- Woronora Cemetery Platform Opened 13-Jun-1900 Closed 23-May-1947
[edit] References
- ^ Heritage page from All Saint's Church Ainslie website
- ^ a b c List of Opening Dates of N.S.W. Rail Lines Prior to June 1942: Compiled from listings in The Retired Rail and Tramwayman, 1942
- ^ a b c d e f State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins..., Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales,
[edit] See also
List of Sydney railway stations
[edit] External links
More info on each of these stations can be viewed at the following Links
Link: http://www.nswrail.net/trivia/closed_sydney_stations.php