Woodhouselee railway station

Woodhouselee was a railway station on the Crookwell railway line, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1902 with the opening of the line, and consisted of a 100 ft platform on the up side of the line with a loop siding on the down side.[1] It was named after a local resident Mr Woodhouse. The platform was closed in 1974 with the cessation of passenger services and subsequently demolished. [2] The line through Woodhouselee closed to goods traffic in 1984, the loop has been removed but the mainline remains intact.

References

  1. ↑ Woodhouselee station. NSWrail.net, accessed 21 August 2009.
  2. ↑ Scrymgeour, R. A History of the Goulburn- Crookwell Line. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 48, no 721. November 1997.


Preceding station   NSW Closed lines   Following station
towards Crookwell
Crookwell Line
towards Goulburn

Coordinates: 34°34′07″S 149°37′49″E / 34.5685°S 149.6304°E / -34.5685; 149.6304


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