The Forest railway station explained

The Forest
Style:Australian closed station
Address:Goulburn, New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-34.6246°N 149.7323°W
Structure:Ground
Platform:1
Tracks:2
Opened:22 April 1902
Closed:9 March 1975
Electrified:No
Status:Demolished

The Forest railway station was a railway station on the Crookwell railway line, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1902 with the opening of the line, and consisted of a 100 ft platform on the down side of the line with a loop siding on the up side.[1] It was named after an adjoining property named Forest Lodge. The platform was removed in 1969 and the loop closed in 1974 and was subsequently demolished.[2] The line through The Forest closed to goods traffic in 1984.

Notes and References

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