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Carisbrook Railway Station
Carisbrook railway station is a closed railway station on the Moolort railway line at Carisbrook, Victoria Carisbrook is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Pyrenees Highway, east of the regional and local government centre of Maryborough, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2016 census, Carisbrook had a population of 1115. Carisbr .... The station was opened on Tuesday, 7 July 1874. Although no longer in use Carisbrook retains a bricks station building, platform and goods shed. Calls for Reopening A movement for the re-opening of the railway line has been gaining momentum over the past 2 years. On Sunday 8 December 2013 a Community Rally calling for the reopening of the railway station and the railway line will take place. A discussion on the rally and the Group Rally for the return of rail services can be found on Railpage References External links Railpage - Carisbrook Railway StationVicsig - CarisbrookMelway mapat street-directory.com.a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carisbrooke Railway Station
Carisbrooke Station was a railway station situated near the village of Carisbrooke,Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, just outside Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway. It originally had 2 platforms but one platform was abandoned in 1927. It was a busy station for the nearby castle until the advent of the bus routes,Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 but little used thereafter.Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 Closed in 1953,Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown (its only recent use having been by prisoners during World War IIBritton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ). The station has long been demolished and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carisbrook Railway Station 2023
Carisbrook (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Carisbrook Stadium) was a major sporting venue in Dunedin, New Zealand. The city's main domestic and international rugby union venue, it was also used for other sports such as cricket, football, rugby league and motocross. In 1922, Carisbrook hosted the very first international football match between Australia and New Zealand. The hosts won 3-1. Carisbrook also hosted a Joe Cocker concert and frequently hosted pre-game concerts before rugby matches in the 1990s. In 2011 Carisbrook was closed, and was replaced as a rugby ground by Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza in North Dunedin, and as a cricket ground by University Oval in Logan Park. History Located at the foot of The Glen, a steep valley, the ground was flanked by the South Island Main Trunk Railway and the Hillside Railway Workshops, two miles southwest of Dunedin city centre in the suburb of Caversham. State Highway 1 also ran close to the northern perimeter of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moolort Railway Line
The Moolort Line was a cross-country railway line which connected Maryborough railway station, Victoria, Maryborough and Castlemaine railway station, Castlemaine in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The line, now defunct, starts in Castlemaine, Victoria, Castlemaine, passes through Campbells Creek, Victoria, Campbells Creek, Yapeen, Guildford, Victoria, Guildford, Strangways, Victoria, Strangways, Newstead, Victoria, Newstead, Moolort, Victoria, Moolort, and Carisbrook, Victoria, Carisbrook, before joining the Mildura railway line, Mildura line at Maryborough, Victoria, Maryborough. History The Castlemaine and Maryborough railway, known as the Moolort railway line, Moolort line, was started in September 1872, raising local concerns over the effect trains would have on horses. Its course and construction of its first section from Castlemaine to Newstead was described in the Melbourne ''The Argus (Melbourne), Argus;''The line will be constructed upon economic principle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
