Lansdowne

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 396.220km
Opened : 12 April 1915
Closed : 28 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After a place in Somerset, England
Notes : The 91.4 metre Down side platform had a standard A4 platform building with an extra store room and a C1 WC was on site. At some point the platform was reduced to 27.4 metres. A large town was laid out south west of the station and close to it, but never eventuated. 14/7/1921 good siding added. 13/4/1962 closed as electric staff and crossing station. 24/7/1972 goods siding removed.

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Location of the station at Lansdowne - now occupied by the local waste water works. (Six Maps)

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Lansdowne station (undated, but likely not long after opening) (Midcoast Library)

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Although the station opened in 1915, this article from October 1920 indicates that the siding and loading bank were not added until later

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The location of the one-time Lansdowne Station - it is now the local sewerage works. Opened 1915, closed 1975. (Google Maps)

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Neville Mayers says:

"I was reared in Lansdowne and the station as I knew it,was a ladies toilet,ladies rest room,waiting room,an office that was never utilised,an out of room for incoming parcels etc,at the end of the platform was the mens toilet with a curved galvanised roof.I was told that it was going to be a marshalling yard but never was.The area of the yard is a few acres still.

Royce MacDonald was porter in charge at Moorland,when he went signalman,I was there as porter in charge in 1957 for a short time before I went to Taree.At moorland we sold tickets,booked in passionfruit,cordwood leaves,ordered trucks to load rutile and bogie louvre vans to load oranges.There was a large shed there for the orchardists to store their fruit.

Lansdowne had a siding where they loaded timber and poles.Melinga would order the trucks and ropes."

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Lansdowne station (undated) (State Archives)

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Lansdowne station sign, around 1992 (Michael Riley)