Allandale railway station, New South Wales

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Allandale
Allandale.jpg
One of the platforms before final closure in 2005.
General information
Location Allandale, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 32°43′16″S151°24′55″E / 32.721113°S 151.415403°E / -32.721113; 151.415403 (Allandale railway station (closed))
Line(s) Main North
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Opened29 June 1869
Closed9 September 2005
Services
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Greta
towards Wallangarra
Main North Line Lochinvar
towards Sydney
Location
Australia New South Wales location map blank.svg
Red pog.svg
Allandale
Location within New South Wales

Allandale railway station was a railway station serving the Hunter Region town of Allandale. Opening to passenger services in 1869, it originally consisted of two brick platforms. The original station closed on 7 September 1978, and the station was demolished. [1] It was later reopened with smaller platforms, before being temporarily closed in 2002 due to the nearby bridge construction, and finally permanently closed on 9 September 2005, after railway works by the Australian Rail Track Corporation. There is no sign of the station now.

It was planned in the 1870s to construct a branch from this station towards Wollombi, roughly around the Great North Road corridor; advocacy from certain Maitland-based groups began in the 1840s. [2] This plan, however, never came to fruition.

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References

  1. Allandale railway station. NSWrail.net, accessed 18 July 2024
  2. "The railway that never was". Maitland: Our Place, Our Stories. Retrieved 7 May 2024.