| Potts Hill railway line | |
| Locale: | Sydney, Australia |
| End: | Potts Hill Pumping Station |
| Open: | 11 November 1912 |
| Close: | 27 April 1966 |
| Owner: | Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board |
| Operator: | Department of Railways |
| Linelength: | 1.0 kilometre |
The Potts Hill railway line was a short branch line serving the pumping station at the Potts Hill Reservoirs in the Sydney suburb of Potts Hill. It was owned by the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board and carried passenger trains.[1] Since closure, the tracks have been lifted.
The branch left the Main South line at a junction just north of Regents Park station.[2] It proceeded south, crossing Amy Street, afterwards heading south-east at the end of Regents Park Hotel. After following the water supply channel, it crossed over the Enfield goods lines and terminated at a loop at the Potts Hill pumping station.[3] [4]
The Water Board supported the construction of a railway line for the purposes of supporting its Potts Hill works and to open the area to settlement. The line was completed in July 1912 with funding from the Water Board, and the first passenger service operated by New South Wales Government Railways ran on the 11th of November 1912.[5] The No 2 Reservoir Construction Line which branched off the Potts Hill line opened in 1916. The Potts Hill line was later reconstructed to eliminate level crossings as part of construction between Regents Park and Cabramatta.
The last train on Potts Hill branch ran in 1965. It closed on 27 April 1966. Rails from Potts Hill were removed to the Sydney Tramway Museum in Loftus.[6]