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Cream of Tartar Works railway station

Coordinates: 33°49′13″S 151°02′02″E / 33.8202°S 151.0338°E / -33.8202; 151.0338
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Cream Of Tartar Works
General information
Coordinates33°49′13″S 151°02′02″E / 33.8202°S 151.0338°E / -33.8202; 151.0338
Operated byNew South Wales Government Railways
Line(s)Sandown
Distance23.656 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Opened7 March 1927
ClosedJuly 1959
ElectrifiedNo

Cream Of Tartar Works Platform was a railway station located on the Sandown railway line in the then-industrial suburb of Camellia in Sydney, Australia.[1] The station opened on the 7th of March 1927 and served the Australian Cream Tartar Company factory in Camellia.[2][3] It closed in July 1959, the same year the Sandown line was electrified in August.[2][4]

Cream of Tartar was among a number of companies that had private sidings on the line.[5]

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station   Closed Sydney stations   Following station
Sandown   Sandown line   Goodyear

References

  1. ^ "Camellia". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Cream Of Tartar Works Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  3. ^ "Parramatta's Industrial Heritage – The Australian Cream Tartar Company". Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. ^ "Camellia" (PDF). Australia Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 24 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ McClymont, John (June 2009). "Camellia". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 2 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)