Stroud Road

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 266.500km
Opened : Opened 5 February 1913
Closed : Stopping as required until 1996, short platform demolished in March 2008, staff withdrawn in 1982 (unattended from then on)
Status : Station closed, loop in use
Name meaning : Named after Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK
Notes : Opened witha  422 metre interlocked loop. Original platform length was 76.2 metres, later reduced to 48 metres then later demolished and replaced witha  short timber platform. The original station building contained a store, general and ladies waiting room and was on the Down side of the line. A 5 tonne yard crane and goods shed were provided. A water tank supplied from the nearby Karuah River once existed on the site. 1944 provision of transit siding. 31/8/1970 water supply declared redundant and water facilities were removed on 13/1/1987. The site had four sidings - Gloucester District Co-operative Butter Company, Bowthorpe Butter Company, Simsville and Allen Taylor and Co, all were removed by 1980. Currently there is a 1884 metre Up side passing loop, a short 225 metre siding is contained within the loop.

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Location of Stroud Road station (Six Maps)

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Stroud Road was a railway station on the North Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It was originally opened in 1913 to serve the town of Stroud, which was some distance away, as this was as near as the railway could get at an affordable cost. Stroud Road eventually grew into a small town in its own right. The station was demolished some time after this shot was taken in 1985.

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The first train stops at Stroud Road Station on the opening of the North Coast line between Dungog and Taree on February 4, 1913

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Stroud Road - undated. (copyright expired)

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Arrival of the first train at Stroud Road on 4th Feb, 1913 - no-one looks particularly happy about it!

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The Rail Motor Society's No 7 and 1 cars stopped at the short platform at Stroud Road. (5-May-2002)
[Copyright: Peter Ware]

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Stroud Road: 23 September 1985. (Phillip Vergison)

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The spartan platform from the track side. (16-Mar-2006)
[Copyright: Michael Johnston]

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6422 goods train at Stroud Road, The station was on the opposite side of the track of the CTC hut in the distance. (Stephen Joseph Miller)

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STROUD ROAD:
Credit to Gloucester Advocate for the 2 pics that I have used. The 1 with the buildings is where my grandfather grew up.


(Desmond Fittock)

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STROUD HILL TUNNEL. NORTH END. G. KELLY. Photo. [1912] (UON)

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Stroud Road, 1961 (lindsaybridge, flickr)

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Stroud Road, October 2020, Stephen Joseph Miller

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Looking North to Stroud Road railway station on left about 1927