Towrang railway station
Towrang | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Towrang, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°41′37″S 149°51′07″E / 34.6936°S 149.8520°E | ||||||||||
| Operator | Public Transport Commission | ||||||||||
| Line | Main South line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 208.520 km from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 May 1869 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 9 November 1974 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1874 | ||||||||||
| Former names | Mannafields (1869-1870) | ||||||||||
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Towrang railway station was a railway station on the Main South railway line, serving the locality of Towrang, New South Wales, Australia. It originally opened as a platform on 19 May 1869, called Mannafields after a property of the same name. On 11 March 1870 the platform was renamed Towrang. The initial platform was later replaced by a new station to the north, in 1874.[1] It was an active station with a siding to load local agricultural produce.[2] The station closed on 9 November 1974 and was demolished in the 1980s.[3] Little evidence remains of the station, although two sets of points were later installed at the site to allow access to either track at times of track maintenance.
References
- ↑ Towrang station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 August 2009.
- ↑ "Short History of Towrang" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2008. Marulan Business and Tourism Association, accessed 9 August 2009.
- ↑ Oberg, L. What's in a station name?. Australian Railway History, Vol 60, no 862. August 2009.