Sandown | |
Style: | Australian closed station |
Coordinates: | -33.8195°N 151.0377°W |
Operator: | CityRail |
Line: | Sandown |
Distance: | 24.23 kilometres from Central |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | Ground |
Status: | Demolished |
Opened: | 24 October 1892 |
Closed: | 19 December 1991 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Sandown railway station was a railway station in the then-industrial suburb of Camellia in Sydney, Australia, which opened 24 October 1892.[1] The station was situated on the Sandown railway line adjacent to the Parramatta River and was the location for a container terminal as well as a refinery tanker loading facility.[2] [3] It was the terminus for electric train services on the Sandown line which commenced 10 August 1959.[4]
Passenger services for the Abattoirs line were operated by CPH railmotors operating from Sandown via Lidcombe until November 1984.[5] Passenger services to Sandown ceased on 19 December 1991.[6] The Sandown line officially closed on 1 July 2019, with a section of the corridor set aside for use as part of the Parramatta Light Rail.[7] [8]
A signal box, the Steel Plate loading platform and sidings belonging to the refinery were located beyond Sandown.[9] [10] [11] A siding branched off the line just before the platform.[12]
Cream of Tartar Works railway station, which was located up from Sandown, closed in July 1959.[13]