Yerong Creek railway station
Appearance
Yerong Creek | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°23′10″S 147°03′36″E / 35.3861°S 147.0599°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 706 feet (215 m) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Southern line | ||||||||||
Distance | 349 miles (562 km) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1998 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Yerong Creek is a closed railway station on the Main South railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1880 [1] 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. 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
References
- ^ Yerong Creek station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 8 August 2009.
- ^ Signal passed at danger Yerong Creek, New South Wales 25 February 2011 Australian Transport Safety Bureau