Talk:List of closed railway stations in Sydney

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What about the Sandown line in Sydney? Where does it fit in? Is it counted as closed or open? The line branched (branches?) off near Camellia railway station and ran parallel to Grand Avenue. Its three stops were Hardies, Goodyears and Sandown.John Dalton 11:01, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The line is open, but the stations are closed (and now non-existent). I'm differentiating between lines that are completely closed; and the stations on the lines that are open and closed. The listing of the stations is there already. By the way, there was also a platform called "Cream of Tartar Works" on the line which is also closed. (

JROBBO 01:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC))[reply

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Each station should have its own article eventually. 203.218.86.162 09:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only the platforms were closed on the

I'm not really into trains so there may be a reason for this that I'm unaware of but why is the Toronto line, in Newcastle, in a list of closed Sydney stations? --AussieLegend 03:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because the

Toronto line closed down in 1990. A bus service now links Toronto to the CityRail network. Harryboyles 05:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply

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I realise it closed but my point was that the Toronto line is in Newcastle, not Sydney.--AussieLegend 07:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Correct. Everything north of the Hawkesbury River isn't Sydney. Similarly, the Blue Mountains and South Coast are not in Sydney. The problem is that the entire article is incorrectly named and should change to List of closed New South Wales railway stations. This would also allow country stations such as north of Armidale, Gulgong, etc. to be added to the article. Hence, I now propose this name change. --Athol Mullen 09:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article is about lines which are based out of Sydney - hence the

List of Sydney railway stations includes stations which are served by CityRail (Sydney-based) services. I'm hoping to change the name to List of CityRail stations when the article is finished, but I'd prefer we have two articles - one for Sydney and one for outside - there's far too many closed railway stations outside of Sydney to put all in the same article. JRG 09:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply

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• I considered suggesting that but some of the closed stations in Sydney and within the area now covered by CityRail actually pre-date the existence of CityRail. Mind you, the Belmont line and stations aren't even in there... Perhaps separate those outside the Sydney basin into List of closed railway stations in regional New South Wales, create separate articles for each region (Hunter, New England, etc.), or separate the list of lines from the list of stations. Alternately, rename this article then split out regions as the list grows. --Athol Mullen 11:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds reasonable - if things work or don't work later we can always do a merge or rename. This is reminding me that my own state's info on railway lines, besides current operational metropolitan ones, is woefully deficient. Orderinchaos 18:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about the irksome definition that Joestella uses, "metropolitan New South Wales"? I don't like it, but it's more appropriate for this article than some of the other ones it has been used on. JRG 07:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, there is another line off the Southern Highlands Line. It goes through Thirlmere. I know they use it for tours. But does it still qualify as closed or get a mention? Thux2828 (talk) 20:05, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A station which seem to be missing from the list is Rhonda Valley.

Rhonda Valley is 'hidden' in the bush between Bullaburra & Wentworth Falls. I drove down there in the 80s in a 4WD, which was the only way to access it at the time. I'm not sure how much remains today, but during the 80s the platform, some buildings & signage still remained.Terrybebb (talk)

There are at least four more closed lines in the Newcastle region:

• The Belmont line (closed in 1991)
• The Cessnock line or South Maitland railway (passenger services ending in 1972)
• The Newcastle line (closed in 2014), with Newcastle, Civic and Wickham stations.
• The Sandgate Cemetery line (closed in 1985), with just one station.

There is also Sulphide Junction station, which used to be on the main northern line between Cockle Creek and Cardiff. GilesMartin1945 (talk) 07:17, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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