Cemetery Station No. 2 was a railway station on Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery railway line. It served the Rookwood Cemetery.
Cemetery Station No. 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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 The station at year of closure, in 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′39″S 151°03′08″E / 33.8776°S 151.0521°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Department of Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rookwood Cemetery | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 18.397 kilometres (11.431 mi) from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 31 December 1901 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 29 December 1948 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Roman Catholic Platform (1901-1908) | |||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station opened as Roman Catholic Platform on 31 December 1901. The name was changed to Cemetery Station No. 2 on 15 June 1908. The station was closed on 29 December 1948.[1][2] When compared to the neighbouring Cemetery Station No. 1, the station lacked grandeur, consisting of only a timber shed and curved platform.[3]
References
edit- ^ State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins..., Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales.
- ^ "No 2 Mortuary Station". nswrail.net. Rolfe Bozier. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Rookwood Necropolis Railway - Lidcombe, NSW, Past/Lives of the Near Future. Michael Wayne. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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