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The Forest railway station was a railway station on the
Crookwell railway line, New South Wales The Crookwell railway line is a disused branch railway line in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It has never officially been closed. It branched from the Main South line at and passed north through the localities of and to the town of ...
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. The station opened in 1902 with the opening of the line, and consisted of a 100 ft platform on the ''down'' side of the line with a loop siding on the ''up'' side. It was named after an adjoining property named ''Forest Lodge''. The platform was removed in 1969 and the loop closed in 1974 and was subsequently demolished.Scrymgeour, R. ''A History of the Goulburn- Crookwell Line''. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 48, no 721. November 1997. The line through The Forest closed to goods traffic in 1984.


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Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales Railway stations in Australia opened in 1902 Railway stations in Australia closed in 1974 {{NewSouthWales-railstation-stub