Cemetery Station No. 2 railway station
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 from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Demolished | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 31 December 1901 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 29 December 1948 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Roman Catholic Platform (1901-1908) | |||||||||||||||
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Cemetery Station No. 2 was a railway station on Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery railway line. It served the Rookwood Cemetery.
History
The 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
- ^ 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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