Yerong Creek is a closed railway station on the
Main South railway line in
New South Wales
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Australia
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. The station opened in 1880 and consisted of a weatherboard station building and signal box. The platform buildings were demolished in the 1980s and only a low platform remains at the site.
Layout
The station opened with a crossing loop of about 400m length. In 2010, the crossing loop was extended into a 7 km
passing lane
A passing lane (North American English) or overtaking lane (English outside of North America) is a lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the median of the road (the central reservation). In some countries, lanes are described as bein ...
. Exceptionally this passing lane has intermediate home signals protecting a level crossing and some wheat sidings which have the effect of allowing the passing lane to hold two trains in one direction.
Accidents and Incidents
2011
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Signal Passed At Danger
A signal passed at danger (SPAD), known in the United States as a stop signal overrun and in Canada as passing a stop signal, is an event on a railway where a train passes a stop railway signal, signal without authority. In the United States a ...
Signal passed at danger Yerong Creek, New South Wales 25 February 2011
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
References
Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1880
Railway stations closed in 1988
Main Southern railway line, New South Wales
Railway stations in Australia closed in the 1980s
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