Kenny Hill railway station

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Kenny Hill
General information
LocationNarellan Road, Currans Hill, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 34°03′18″S150°46′35″E / 34.0551°S 150.7763°E / -34.0551; 150.7763 (Kenny Hill railway station (closed))
Operated by Department of Railways
Line(s) Camden
Distance58.942 km from Central
Platforms1 (1 side)
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Opened10 March 1882
Closed1 January 1963
Rebuilt1910
ElectrifiedNo
Previous namesKenny's Hill (1936-1938)
Services
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Currans Hill
towards Camden
Camden Line Maryfields
towards Campbelltown

Kenny Hill railway station was a railway station on the Camden railway line, serving the nearby area of Kenny Hill in modern-day Currans Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

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History

Kenny Hill opened in 1882 with the rest of the original line, as Kenny's Hill, but was renamed Kenny Hill a year later. [1] The station itself consisted of only a small wooden platform and a signboard, first built in 1910 after calls for the erection of this facility. [2]

Kenny Hill was closed alongside the ceasing of services between Campbelltown and Camden on 1 January 1963. [3] Whilst the station has since been demolished, the railway cutting is still visible from Narellan Road. [4]

Kenny Hill

The name of the station was taken from the nearby Kenny Hill itself, named after Dr William Kenny, a resident of the area in the mid-19th century. [5] The Camden railway line climbed the hill between Maryfields and Kenny Hill stations, with the steep 1:19 grade limiting the capabilities of the line. It was common for trains to first fail to reach the top, and many services would divide to allow the train to continue past the hill. On the day of the last service, the tracks climbing up the hill were covered in grease. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Kenny Hill railway station NSWrail.net, accessed 15 June 2024
  2. ↑ Kenny Hill Platform Camden News (NSW: 1895-1954). Trove, National Library of Australia. 7 July 1910. p.8, accessed 16 June 2024
  3. 1 2 Lost Railways: Camden Branch Line PocketOz, accessed 15 June 2024
  4. ↑ The Camden-Campbelltown Branch Railway Line, Camden History Notes, accessed 16 June 2024
  5. ↑ Kenny Hill Dictionary of Sydney. State Library of New South Wales, accessed 16 June 2024
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