Sandown Platform railway station

Demolished railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Preceding station Former Services Following station
Terminus Sandown Line Cream Of Tartar
towards Rosehill

Sandown Platform 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 Platform, which was located up from Sandown Platform, closed in July 1959.[13]

See also

  • Clyde Refinery

References

  1. ^ "Camellia". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Sandown railway station". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Camellia" (PDF). Australian Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Goodbye Tin Hare" Railway Digest February 1985 page 40
  6. ^ "Cityrail launches new timetable". Railway Digest (February 1992): 45. 1992.
  7. ^ "Project Overview" (PDF). Parramatta Light Rail. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Government Gazette" (PDF). NSW legislation. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Sandown Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Cream Of Tartar Works Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 24 March 2020.



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