Woodhouselee railway station explained

Woodhouselee
Style:Australian closed station
Address:Woodhouselee, New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-34.5685°N 149.6304°W
Structure:Ground
Platform:1
Tracks:2
Opened:22 April 1902
Closed:9 March 1975
Electrified:No
Status:Demolished

Woodhouselee railway station was a railway station on the Crookwell railway line, in Woodhouselee, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1902 with the opening of the line, and consisted of a 100 ft platform on the up side of the line with a loop siding on the down side.[1] It was named after a local resident Mr Woodhouse. The platform was closed in 1974 with the cessation of passenger services and subsequently demolished.[2] The line through Woodhouselee closed to goods traffic in 1984, the loop has been removed but the mainline remains intact.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Woodhouselee&line=NSW:crookwell:0 Woodhouselee station
  2. Scrymgeour, R. A History of the Goulburn- Crookwell Line. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 48, no 721. November 1997.