Uranquinty | |
Style: | Australian closed station |
Address: | Olympic Highway, Uranquinty, New South Wales |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -35.1925°N 147.2455°W |
Elevation: | 201m (659feet) |
Distance: | 535.72km (332.88miles) from |
Line: | Main Southern line Kywong line |
Structure: | Ground |
Platform: | 1 (1 side) |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1 September 1880 |
Closed: | 1984 |
Electrified: | No |
Operator: | State Rail Authority |
Former: | Sandy Creek (1880-1891) |
Uranquinty railway station was a railway station on the Main Southern line, serving the town of Uranquinty in the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. It was also a junction station for the Kywong line. Although passenger services no longer serve the station, the platform and signage remains.
The station opened on 1 September 1880, initially as Sandy Creek and was renamed Uranquinty on 4 February 1891.[1] Uranquinty became a junction station when the railway line to Kywong was opened in October 1928. The station was entirely rebuilt after the station building and all contents were destroyed in a fire on 3 June 1934.[2]
Uranquinty continued to serve both railway lines until the closure of the Kywong line in May 1975. The station closed to all passenger services 1984,[3] but remained in use for signalling purposes. In 1988, the buildings were demolished with only the platform and a replacement brick signalling facility remaining.
Uranquinty station consisted of a single side platform with a substantial weatherboard station building and signal box, located on a passing loop.[1]