Newnes Junction railway station, New South Wales

Sydneyclosedstation
NAME= Newnes Junction (1st)


LINE=Dargans Deviation 1897
DISTANCE= 142.260 km
PLATFORMS= 2
TRACKS= 2
STATUS= Closed,
now part of loading loop
for Centennial Coal
OPENED=16 October, 1905
CLOSED= 1910

Sydneyclosedstation
NAME= Newnes Junction (2nd)


LINE=Blue Mountains Line
DISTANCE= 141.760 km
PLATFORMS= 3
TRACKS= 3
STATUS= Closed to passengers
OPENED=16 October, 1910
CLOSED=6 April, 1975

Newnes Junction is a closed railway station on the Blue Mountains Line, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1910 and served the former private branch line to Newnes. The station closed to passenger services in 1975, although still physically exists and is occasionally used for coal trains visiting the nearby Clarence Colliery. [cite web | url=http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Newnes+Junction&line=NSW:main_west:3| title=Newnes Junction station | publisher=Nswrail.net] The station consists of an island 'Up' platform, and a single side 'Down' platform.

History

The station replaced an earlier station (also called "Newnes Junction') which operated from 1906 to 1910. This station was located at the junction of the Dargans Creek Deviation and Newnes railway line (or Wolgan Valley Railway) which is situated about 200 metres northwest of the current Newnes Junction Station. The Wolgan Valley Railway closed in 1932 and for years the station had no use at all until the construction of the loop line that served the Clarence Colliery in the 1970s.

In 1957 electrification crossed the Blue Mountains and the sidings and colliery loop were electrified. In 2006 the overhead catenary was decommissioned and was removed from the colliery balloon loop.The Zig Zag Railway have plans to extend their railway to Newnes Junction via the Dargans Deviation and using platform 1 or the old 'up loop' platform road.

Neighbouring stations

Notes

References

* [http://www.zigzagrailway.com.au Zig Zag Railway]
* [http://www.nswrail.net NSWrail.net]
* [http://www.centennialcoal.com.au/ssl/axs/1/2.asp?recID=20 Centennial Coal]
* Book The Shale Railways of New South Wales
* Book Shays in the Valley

External links

*Photos: [http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Newnes+Junction&line=NSW:main_west:3 Newnes Junction Station]
*Photos: [http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Newnes+Junction:8&line=NSW:main_west:3 Newnes Junction Track Circuit & Signal Diagram]
*Photos: [http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Newnes+Junction:13&line=NSW:main_west:3 Newnes Junction Future ZZR Extension Platform]
* [http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~harburg/hist/mapgenlw.jpgA map of the Zig Zag and all deviations including the Wolgan Valley Railway]