Woodhouselee railway station was a railway station on the Crookwell railway line, in Woodhouselee, 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.
Woodhouselee | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Woodhouselee, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°34′07″S 149°37′49″E / 34.5685°S 149.6304°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Public Transport Commission | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Crookwell | ||||||||||
Distance | 255.000 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 22 April 1902 | ||||||||||
Closed | 9 March 1975 | ||||||||||
Electrified | No | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
|
References
edit- ^ Woodhouselee station. NSWrail.net, accessed 21 August 2009.
- ^ Scrymgeour, R. A History of the Goulburn- Crookwell Line. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 48, no 721. November 1997.