Type : Station
Line : Main Line
Distance from Hobart : 001.609km
Opened : 1884 (as Royal Society Gardens), renamed Botanical Gardens in 1886
Closed : 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the location
Notes : Station demolished, island platform still exists. Signal box relocated to the former Glenorchy railway station. Passenger station only. Signal box was located on the Down end of the platform.
H2 passing the Botanical Gardens in the mid afternoon, whilst running between Hobart & Claremont, serving the Royal Hobart Show in 1990. (Steve Zvillis)
An A class locomotive poses on the Up line at Botanical Gardens platform, circa 1920. (Beattie photo)
DP set passing a DP and PT railcar set on the double track suburban just north of Botanical Gardens station (undated, uncredited)
Botanic Gardens platform remains, Aug 2023 (Google)
Location of the station (LISTmap)
Streamlined R3 passes Botanical Gardens on an Up train after 1937 (Libraries Tas)
DP15 & DP29 at the Botanical Gardens, February 1971 (Winney Collection) (ARHS)
Botanical Gardens, early 1900s - a 4-4-0 class with a rake of country carriages nears Hobart
DP24 at Botanical Gardens, 1/7/1970 ( J W Stokes)
Botanical Gardens station - possibly a suburban train (no Tasman Limited plate), c1964. (Tony Stagg)
Photographer: Keith Atkinson
This is an Ash Bester postcard, River and Bridge from Botanical Gardens (AB460), which shows the Botanical Gardens Station (1940s or early 1950s)