Sandown | |||||||||||
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![]() The platform was located near the Sandown line's dead-end | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°49′10″S 151°02′16″E / 33.8195°S 151.0377°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | CityRail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Sandown | ||||||||||
Distance | 24.23 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 24 October 1892 | ||||||||||
Closed | 19 December 1991 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Sandown railway station was a railway station in the then-industrial suburb of Camellia in Sydney, Australia, which opened 24 October 1892.[1] The station was situated on the Sandown railway line adjacent to the Parramatta River and was the location for a container terminal as well as a refinery tanker loading facility.[2][3] It was the terminus for electric train services on the Sandown line which commenced 10 August 1959.[4]
Passenger services for the Abattoirs line were operated by CPH railmotors operating from Sandown via Lidcombe until November 1984.[5] Passenger services to Sandown ceased on 19 December 1991.[6] The Sandown line officially closed on 1 July 2019, with a section of the corridor set aside for use as part of the Parramatta Light Rail.[7][8]
A signal box, the Steel Plate loading platform and sidings belonging to the refinery were located beyond Sandown.[9][10][11] A siding branched off the line just before the platform.[12]
Neighbouring stations
Cream of Tartar Works railway station, which was located up from Sandown, closed in July 1959.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "Camellia". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Sandown railway station". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Camellia" (PDF). Australian Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Goodbye Tin Hare" Railway Digest February 1985 page 40
- ^ "Cityrail launches new timetable". Railway Digest (February 1992): 45. 1992.
- ^ "Project Overview" (PDF). Parramatta Light Rail. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Government Gazette" (PDF). NSW legislation. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Cream Of Tartar Works Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 24 March 2020.