Hope Street Platform railway station

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Hope Street
General information
Operated by CityRail
Line(s) Flemington-Campsie Goods Line
Distance15.081 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened15 August 1927
Closed1996
ElectrifiedYes

Hope St Platform was a railway-employee only station on the Flemington-Campsie Goods Line in Sydney, Australia that opened on 15 August 1927. [1] [2] Railway workers including shunters, drivers, fitters, etc. from the various railway workshops between Delec and Enfield South used Hope Street station to get to and from work.[ citation needed ] Hope Street is named because of its locality to a side street off Cosgrove Road near the station. The station and Up Main were closed when the rebuilt Enfield Yard opened in 1996.

Neighbouring stations

The former Enfield Loco Platform is located up whereas Delec Platform is down from the site. [3]

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References

  1. "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest August 1987 page 259
  2. Hope Street Station NSWrail.net
  3. "Campsie - Flemington Goods Line". nswrail.net. Retrieved 26 December 2020.