Clarence is a railway station on the Blue Mountains section of the
Main Western railway line in
New South Wales
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It opened in 1874 on the original alignment from Bell to the Clarence Tunnel. With the opening of
Dargan's Deviation, it was rebuilt to its second location.
When the
Ten Tunnels Deviation
The Ten Tunnels Deviation is a heritage-listed section of the Main Western Line between Newnes Junction and Zig Zag stations in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by the New South Wales Government Railways and bui ...
was completed in 1910, the (third) station was rebuilt on the new line (adjacent to the Chifley Road bridge) but was closed in 1974. Little trace of this third station now remains.
The second station site has been re-used by the
Zig Zag Railway
The Zig Zag Railway is an Australian heritage railway, situated near Lithgow, New South Wales. It was opened by the not-for-profit Zig Zag Railway Co-op as an unpaid volunteer-staffed heritage railway in October 1975, using the alignment of th ...
for its upper passenger connection point and car park.
Sites
* Current -
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References
Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1874
Railway stations closed in 1910
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1910
Railway stations closed in 1974
Main Western railway line, New South Wales
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