Rhyndaston

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Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 071.300km
Opened : 1881 (as Flat Top), renamed Rhyndaston
Closed : 1990
Status : Closed
Name meaning : As Rhyndaston it is believed to be a Welsh term for "mouth of the hole", and was conferred by Charles Meredith, the Colonial Treasurer and is derived from the railway tunnel nearby.
Notes : Had watering facilities (wooden water tanks served by the railway dam nearby), a crossing loop (lifted), goods loading facilities, station building (Up side of line). The station building still survives having been relocated on a property on Rhyndaston Rd towards Colebrook. The ganger's residence, gatekeeper's cottage and station master's cottage remain in situ. A hotel (Tunnel Hotel) was sited next to the station.

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Location (LISTmap)

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Location of the station in July 2023 (Google)

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Relocated station building, July 2023 (Google)

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Rhyndaston station - 30/04/1904 (Leslie Weeding photograph)

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Location diagram (undated) (Libraries Tas)

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Up express at Rhyndaston, 1/2/1945 (Libraries Tas)

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Rhyndaston (circa 1900) (State Library of Victoria)

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Plan 7812379 (671) TGR - Main Line - Rhyndaston Station - approximate plan from tape measurements and sketch [Ink, pencil and watercolour drawing] (Libraries TAS)

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Plan 7812403 (7206) TGR - Rhyndaston water supply tank - plan and section - includes plan of site [pencil drawing on linen] (1911) (Libraries TAS)

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Australian Railway Historical Society special excursion, Rhyndaston station, Tasmania, 28 March 1970. David Lidster photo

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Standard TGR huon pine water tanks at Rhyndaston railway station, early 1900's

David Lidster collection

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Tunnel boring machine in Rhyndaston yards (undated) (Grunbach Collection)

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R class on Up express at Rhyndaston (1/02/1945) (Buckland - copyright expired)

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Rhyndaston Station during Tunnel Project (Geoffrey Love)