Towrang railway station

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Towrang
Services
Preceding station Former Services Following station
Murrays Flats
towards Albury
Main Southern Line Carrick
towards Sydney

Towrang is a closed railway station on the Main South railway line in New South Wales, Australia. A platform opened in the locality in 1869 south of the later station, called Mannafields after a property of the same name. A later station opened in 1874 north of the initial platform[1] at 208 km south of Central, serving the small Southern highlands town of Towrang. It was an active station with a siding to load local agricultural produce.[2] The station closed in 1974 and was demolished in the 1980s.[3] Little evidence remains of the station, although two sets of points were later installed at the site to allow access to either track at times of track maintenance.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Towrang station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Short History of Towrang" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2008. Marulan Business and Tourism Association, accessed 9 August 2009.
  3. ^ Oberg, L. What's in a station name?. Australian Railway History, Vol 60, no 862. August 2009.

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