Grenfell railway line

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Grenfell Line
Koorawatha Junction on the Blayney-Demondrille line
Warrangong
Uppingham
Greenethorpe
Brundah
Mogongong
Wirega
Quondong
Grenfell

The Grenfell railway line is a partly closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It branches from the Blayney- Demondrille line at the town of Koorawatha. The line opened in 1901, and closed between Greenethorpe and Grenfell in 1991.

File:Grenfell, NSW - Railway Station 1.jpg
Railway Station from street side, built 1901
File:Grenfell NSW, Centenary Plaque.jpg
Grenfell railway centenary plaque, 8 September 1901-2001

From the opening, until the demise of steam, there were two locations where locomotives could obtain water, Koorawatha and Grenfell. The stand at Grenfell was supplied from a purpose-built dam some 1.6 km away.[1]

Grain services operate between Koorawatha and Greenethorpe.[2] Passenger services operated until 1974. The line is owned by the NSW government, but in 2004 the Australian Rail Track Corporation became responsible for co-ordinating operations over the line.[3]

File:Grenfell, NSW - Railway Station 2.jpg
Railway Station from track side, built 1901
Grenfell Goods Shed, built 1901

See also

References

  1. Grenfell's Water Supply Henderson, Graeme S.Australian Railway History, January, 2006 pp36-37
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Further reading

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