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Apsley Branch / Re: Dysart

Last post by admin - Yesterday at 08:28:31 AM

Dysart, 1930-35 (National Archives of Australia)

#2

Apsley Branch / Re: Dysart

Last post by admin - Yesterday at 08:28:04 AM

Dysart, showing layout of the yards (National Archives of Australia)

#3

Apsley Branch / Re: Dysart

Last post by admin - Yesterday at 08:27:33 AM

Survey of Dysart in 1965, note the line is still marked at the left of the map (Libraries Tasmania)

#4

Apsley Branch / Dysart

Last post by admin - Yesterday at 08:26:42 AM

Type : Station
Line : Apsley Branch
Distance from Brighton Junction : 21.283km
Opened : 22 April 1891
Closed : 29 September 1947
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Dysart station was located at 13 miles and 18 chains (21.283km) from Brighton, the station itself was sited some distance from the town it served and was in the middle of fields.
The passenger platform was on the Up side of the line and had a building that contained a waiting room and a store room and a male urinal, A goods shed (erected in 1903) was sited opposite on a Down side loop. There was a stock yard located at the Brighton (Up) end of the yards as well as a loading ramp and sheep race and there was a short spur at the location.
Located at the Up end of the yard was also a house for railway staff.
Just north of the station (a further 40 chains) was the highest point of the line.
Dysart was an unattended station after the 1920s and this led to the local Green Ponds council making representations to the Railways to have an attendant on hand to stop pilfering of goods and items left there in the 1930s. The response was in the negative.

#5

Apsley Branch / Re: Hawfield

Last post by admin - Yesterday at 07:31:04 AM

Orfiled halt - National Archives of Australia

#6

Apsley Branch / Hawfield

Last post by admin - Yesterday at 07:30:24 AM

Type : Station
Line : Apsley Branch
Distance from Brighton Junction : 018.507km
Opened : October 1922 as Orfield, renamed Hawfield in 1938
Closed : 29 September 1947
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : The station was a request stop only and was provided with a flag box to enable prospective passengers to stop a train as required for boarding.
The location had a platform with a shelter on the Down side of the line and a Down loop siding (added in 1925). The siding could also be utilised as a passing loop if required.
Hawfield had a short dead end spur at the southern (Brighton) end of the loop, it was noted in 1930 and again in 1947.
There is very little in the primary sources regarding this very isolated location, likely it was little more than a stop to service nearby properties although it was designated as a station.

#7

Apsley Branch / Green Valley Gates No 2

Last post by admin - September 04, 2024, 07:09:20 AM

Type : Halt
Line : Apsley Branch
Distance from Brighton Junction : unknown but between 015.288km & 018.500km (probably close to Green Valley Gates No. 1 at 0.15.288km)
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Mentioned in the 1945 WTT

#8

Apsley Branch / Green Valley Gates No 1

Last post by admin - September 04, 2024, 07:07:27 AM

Type : Halt
Line : Apsley Branch
Distance from Brighton Junction : 015.288km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Mentioned in the 1932 & 1945 WTT

#9

Apsley Branch / Re: Bagdad

Last post by admin - September 03, 2024, 03:32:14 PM

Bagdad Store and Post Office - site of the one-time station (Google)

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Apsley Branch / Re: Bagdad

Last post by admin - September 03, 2024, 03:31:40 PM

Bagdad station, 1930-35 (National Archives of Australia)