Goondah railway station

Goondah
General information
Location	Goondah Rd, Goondah, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°44′03″S 148°43′59″E / 34.7343°S 148.7331°E / -34.7343; 148.7331
Operated by	Public Transport Commission
Line(s)	Main South line Burrinjuck line
Distance	339.900 km from Central
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
History
Opened	1 August 1891 (1891-08-01)
Closed	9 March 1975 (1975-03-09)
Rebuilt	7 May 1916
Electrified	No
Services
Preceding station Former services Following station Emu Flat towards Albury Main Southern Line (1891–1916) Bowning towards Sydney Illalong Creek towards Albury Main Southern Line (1916–1975)
Location

Goondah railway station was a railway station in Goondah, New South Wales, Australia on the Main South Line 340 kilometres (210 mi) from Sydney.^[1][2]

Tramway: Goondah-Burrinjuck line

Narrow gauge train with German-built Krauss steam locomotive

During 1907 work commenced on the Barren Jack Reservoir. A 2 ft (610 mm) tram line was constructed adjacent to the station to carry supplies to the construction site 28 miles (45 km) away.^[3]

Deviation

When the railway was duplicated, the first station was replaced by one on a new alignment.

References

1. "Goondah Station 1st". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
2. "Goondah Station 2nd". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
3. "NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS". Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915). Grafton, NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1908. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

• Newland, John R (1994). The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway. Sydney, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 128. ISBN 0909650322.
• Newland, John R. (2009). The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway : the story of the 2-foot gauge railway together with a description of the construction of Burrinjuck Dam, and of the people who built the dam (3rd ed.). Redfern, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. p. 256. ISBN 9780980510621.