Braemar is a former railway station which was located on the Picton – Mittagong loop railway line. It served Braemar, a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia.
Braemar | |||||||||||
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 Former site of Braemar Station, left side of track | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°25′42″S 150°28′45″E / 34.4284°S 150.4792°E | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 (formerly) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished and closed | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 May 1867 as Rushs Platform | ||||||||||
| Closed | 5 August 1978 | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station opened on 1 March 1867 as Rush's Platform upon the opening of the Great Southern Railway extension to Goulburn.[1]
The station served the Rush's Family Hotel owned by Bartholomew Rush and his wife.[2]
It first appears in a footnote of the Great Southern Railway Timetable on 20 March 1867 as a stop for setting down and picking up passengers if required. At the time, it was the only other station to be opened on the extension.[3] In later timetables, it was referred to as "Rush's" and explicitly listed as a stop.[4] Initially, two Up services and two Down services passed the platform each day with an additional service on Saturdays. Travel time to/from Sydney was about 3.5 hours.[3]
Until 10 May 1891, Mixed and Goods trains were not permitted to stop at this platform.[5] However, this instruction was amended to allow for Up Goods trains to stop to pick up fruit when required.[6]
By April 1892, the station was referred to as "Braemar (late Rush's)" at least internally to the government.[7] However, the station name was still published in newspapers as "Rush's Platform" until late 1892.[8]
The station along with the Loop Line was closed in 1978.[9] There are no remains of the station. At present, the station only services a concrete sleeper supplier and the company Clyde Engineering.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM PICTON TO NATTAI". Empire. 1 March 1867. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Advertising". Goulburn Herald and Chronicle. 8 June 1867. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ a b "RAILWAY TIME TABLES". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 1867. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS". New South Wales Government Gazette. 30 May 1888. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ New South Wales Railways Working Timetable for Goods, Stock and Mineral Trains, Southern Division, starts Thursday, 1 January 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 16/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/378263
- ^ New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 19 : Saturday, 9 May 1891 to Friday, 15 May 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 16/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/375980
- ^ New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 16 : Saturday, 16 April 1892 to Friday, 22 April 1892 | Australian Railway Historical Society (recollect.net.au)
- ^ "RAILWAY FARES". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 30 August 1892. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Braemar Station". NSW Rail.net.