Stations with "dead" platforms

commonwombat · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:53 pm

Sydney Nth Shore:

Chatswood: The Eastern Platform (formerly no.1) was used for terminating services and also as freight. Terminating services at Chatswood discontinued by the end of the 80's and the freight sometime later. By 2000, the tracks on this platform had been lifted.

Lindfield: the inner of the island platform (NO.2) is no longer or rarely used nowadays. This was primarily used for services terminating at Lindfield. When this was discontinued in favour of terminating at Gordon, so did the useage of this platform.

Hornsby: Not certain whether there was ever another line thru Hornsby station (must ask the old man !!!) but there was a siding that used to go nearly half-way up on the eastern side of platform 1.

commonwombat · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:53 pm

Sydney Nth Shore:

Chatswood: The Eastern Platform (formerly no.1) was used for terminating services and also as freight. Terminating services at Chatswood discontinued by the end of the 80's and the freight sometime later. By 2000, the tracks on this platform had been lifted.

Lindfield: the inner of the island platform (NO.2) is no longer or rarely used nowadays. This was primarily used for services terminating at Lindfield. When this was discontinued in favour of terminating at Gordon, so did the useage of this platform.

Hornsby: Not certain whether there was ever another line thru Hornsby station (must ask the old man !!!) but there was a siding that used to go nearly half-way up on the eastern side of platform 1.

TE2815 · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:44 pm

Lets go a little further South shall we:

Menangle Park: has two disused racecourse platforms on the up side of the line, one behind the current platform the other just to the south;

Menangle: the old up platform has been fenced off with a newer platform attached to the northern end;

Maldon: last time I looked the remnants of the old up platform still existed on the Picton side of the road crossing;

Picton: the old dock platform on the Country End of the Down Platform exists but is fenced off, only used mainly by track machines now;

Aylmerton: the facade of the old Up platform can be still be seen when passing by on a down train if you know when to look;

Bowral: the platform of the former Dairy Farmers Milk siding on the Down side still exists;

Moss Vale: the dock platform still exists on the Sydney end of the Up Platform, now only used to stable engines and track machines.

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ant · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:01 am

colinw · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:47 am

kipioneer · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:18 am

In suburban Adelaide there is Plympton on the Glenelg North Tce line (visible from Marion Rd) and the old Grange station on Military Rd (unless it has been bulldozed).
Plympton is Heritage listed.
The first out of use since 1929 and the second since the early 1990s.

Neil - the KIPioneer
Hawthorn SA

RJ-3820 · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:17 am

Albury (still used as a XPT Station, V/Line Station, crossing loop and shunting for F/A)- Transhipping sheds platform, have not been used since they stopped stableing the XPT in Albury, and sent the service straight through to Melburne, and were disconected during the 2002 Albury rationalisation.

Albury Stockyards (not used)- Platform still remains, but siding has been removed.

Kinloss (not used)- Siding inbetween Albury and Ettamogah during WW2 only lasted for 10 years and platform, loop and Signal box was compleatly removed in the early 50's (railway residences survived to the late 70's?

Ettamoghah (not used)- Nothing still stands

Tabletop (Crossing loop)- Nothing still stands

Gerogery (Crossing loop)- Station and goods platform still stands, station building was dismantled and removed late last year.

Culcairn (Crossing loop)- Station building, platform and goods platform remain (in good Condition) the island platform for the Holbrook and Corowa branch lines (Both service suspended lines) was removed duing CTC upgrades in the early 80's

Henty (Crossing loop)- Station building, platform and goods platform remain (in good Condition)

Yerong Creek (Crossing loop)- Station and goods platform remain (in poor Condition)

The Rock (Crossing Loop)- Station building, platform and goods platform remain (in good Condition)

Bon Accord- Compleatly straight railed, one 20 foot platform in a farmers paddock on the up side wagga end.

Uranquinty (Crossing loop)- Platform remains, not sure bout goods platform

Wagga Wagga (Crossing Loop)- Station building, platform and goods platform remain (in good Condition)

Bomen (Crossing Loop)- Station building and platform remain, Dont think there is a goods platform? (in good condition)

Shepards Siding (Sectional Siding)- Nothing still stands

Hairfield (Crossing Loop)- Station and platform remains, not sure about the goods. (Very poor condition)

ill do some more another time.

its nice to find a site where i can talk to more normal people!!

mattyfitzh · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:33 am

Warks · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:16 am

This thread never dies! Which is a good thing - it was the site of my first post almost a year (and 1700 odd posts) ago.

Here's a pic of what could be an old goods platform at Wyong (just down). It's also a hop, skip and a jump to Wyong Racecourse so it could also have been for that. Maybe they ran Rail Motors to it? It's only about 200 m from the present Wyong station so it makes you wonder why they'd bother. Then again there's Clarendon (Hawkesbury Racecourse) on the the Richmond line as an example.

Kilonewton · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:49 pm

Bendigo Line. Unused stations and works that are ongoing.
Carlsruhe. The down platform has been demolished and is currently being rebuilt using the same bluestones. This seems to have been an island platform back in the day.
Malmsbury - Up platform - track removed
Taradale - Up platform to be demolished and rebuilt
Elphinstone - Up platform to be demolished
Golden Square - Down platform to be demolished

John of Melbourne · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:16 pm

mattyfitzh · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:18 am

That's great to hear Warks.

There is also remnants of a platform hidden as a garden on the down side of Beecroft as well.

Sonofagunzel · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:50 am

IIRC both Rockdale and Kogarah had meatworks sidings with platforms.

SOAG

mattyfitzh · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:47 pm

Where was the meatworks infrastructure in Kogarah located?

Sonofagunzel · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:30 am

It was just up from the station, past the road bridge, on the Railway Pde side of the line.

SOAG