Sandown railway line, Sydney
- Sandown railway line, Sydney
Public transport infrastructure in Sydney
logo=
name=Sandown Line
transport_mode=Former passenger line
line_owner=RailCorp
operation_area=Western Sydney
map_colour=Orange
stations_number=4 (all closed)
interchange_names=formerly Rosehill
operator_names=freight operators
fleet_names=formerly 3-car Y-sets
depot_names=nil
date_1=1892
event_1=Opened
date_2=1959
event_2=Electrified
date_3=c1990
event_3=closed to passenger services
The Sandown Line is a short industrial railway line in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It began life as the Bennett's Railway, opening on 17 November, 1888 [Singleton, C.C. "Railways and Tramways of the Parramatta Hills District - Clyde to Carlingford and Sandown Railways." Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, May/June 1955 pp50-54/57-62] . The line branches from the Carlingford line at Camelia junction, just north of Rosehill station. It was electrified in 1959. The railway is now used by occasional freight trains only, but when electrified it carried an infrequent electric suburban service to serve the surrounding industrial area, operated by single-deck 3-car trains (marshalled as Y-sets). The line had 3 simple stations: "Sandown", "Hardies" and "Goodyear" (a platform called "Cream of Tartar Works" closed prior to electrification). The closure of Goodyear station preceded the closure of the remaining two. All stations were unattended by staff members. The overhead wires were removed in December 2002.
ee also
*Railways in Sydney
*CityRail
*List of closed Sydney railway stations
References
External links
* [http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:sandown Pictures from nswrail.net]
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