The Newnes Junction railway station is a closed

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. It served the former private branch line to Newnes. The station closed to passenger services in 1975, although it still physically exists and is occasionally used for coal trains visiting the nearby Clarence Colliery. The station consists of an island ' Up' platform, and a single side ' Down' platform.

History

The first station was finished around 1906 at the time of the

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. This station was located at the junction of the Dargans Creek deviation and the Newnes railway line (or Wolgan Valley Railway) which is situated about north west of the current Newnes Junction Station. After the Zig Zag deviation was completed the station was no longer needed for passenger services but stayed in use to finalise the recovery of parts from the Zig Zag and Clarence area along the Dargans Deviation. The second station (also called "Newnes Junction') replaced the earlier station which operated from 1906 to 1910. The Wolgan Valley Railway closed in 1932 and for years the station had no use at all until the construction of the loop line that served the Clarence Colliery in the 1970s. In 1957 electrification crossed the Blue Mountains and the sidings and colliery loop were electrified. In 2006 the overhead catenary was decommissioned and was removed from the colliery balloon loop. The station was burnt to the ground resulting from the 2019 Gospers Mountain fire.

References

Bibliography

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NSWrail.net
* * * * {{Cite book , author1=Langdon, Mark , author2=Oliver, Dean, (illustrator.) , author3=Johnson, Roger, (illustrator.) , author4=Dunn, Ian, (researcher.) , author5=Gallagher, Bob, (researcher.) , author6=Matthews, Richard, (researcher.) , title=Shale & Shays : The Fight for Shale Oil from the Wolgan Valley , url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/246264357 , date=2017 , publisher=Eveleigh Press , isbn=978-1-876568-74-0 , ref={{harvid, Langdon, 2017

External links

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Newnes Junction Station
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Newnes Junction Track Circuit & Signal Diagram
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Newnes Junction Future ZZR Extension Platform

A map of the Zig Zag and all deviations including the Wolgan Valley Railway
Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales Railway stations in Australia opened in 1905 Railway stations closed in 1975 Main Western railway line, New South Wales