Goondah_railway_station

Goondah railway station

Goondah railway station

Former railway station in New South Wales, Australia

The Goondah railway station is a disused railway station in Goondah, New South Wales, Australia on the Main South Line 340 kilometres (210 mi) from Sydney.[1][2]

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Tramway: Goondah-Burrinjuck line

Narrow gauge train with German-built Krauss steam locomotive

During 1907 work commenced on the Barren Jack Reservoir. A 2 ft (610 mm) tram line was constructed adjacent to the station to carry supplies to the construction site 28 miles (45 km) away.[3]

Deviation

When the railway was duplicated, the first station was replaced by one on a new alignment.

References

  1. [1]
    "Goondah Station 1st". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Goondah Station 2nd". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. [3]
    "NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS". Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915). Grafton, NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1908. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  • Newland, John R (1994). The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway. Sydney, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 128. ISBN 0909650322.
  • Newland, John R. (2009). The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway : the story of the 2-foot gauge railway together with a description of the construction of Burrinjuck Dam, and of the people who built the dam (3rd ed.). Redfern, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. p. 256. ISBN 9780980510621.


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