Hobart

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Type : Station
Line : Main Line
Distance from Hobart : 000.000km
Opened : 1 March 1876 (as Hobart Town), renamed Hobart 1880
Closed : 28 July 1978 (final passenger train 18/07/1978)
Status : Partially re-used (ABC uses the original station building)
Name meaning : After the city it's located in, in turn after Lord Hobart, the British Secretary of State for war and the colonies.
Notes : Built by the Tasmanian Main Line Company. The station was further expanded in the 20th century, with the station reconstructed and modernised in 1950. After the completion of construction works, the station had four platforms and a large concourse, as well as shopping stalls and food vendors. Station expanded from 3 to 6 platforms in 1953. Site had freight facilities, workshops, loco servicing and a turntable

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Hobart (late 60s, early 1970s) (uncredited)

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Diesel and steam at Hobart, 1960s (Hal Wyatt)

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Hobart from the railway gates, c1881 (University of Tasmania)

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Hobart Railway Station, Suburban Diesel train 1957
(PT 6 and unknown DP rail-car)
Libraries Tasmania

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Proposed station and hotel at Hobart (Libraries Tasmania)

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C class locomotive at Hobart Station (1970) (Hal Wyatt)

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Artist unknown.
Unsigned ; dated in unknown hand on verso 'c. 1890 ? 1885'.
Title inscribed in ink in unknown hand on verso. (Libraries Tas)

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Hobart, 1870s

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Hobart, 1955 (Dept of Education, Tasmania)

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Hobart, 1880s (Libraries Tasmania)

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Tasman Limited, 1957 at Hobart (Libraries Tasmania)

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1957, goods train arriving at Hobart (Libraries Tas)

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Hobart station, back elevation (TGR)

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Tasmanian Railways, new R1 fitted with test equipment at Hobart station, 1923, Mercury Historical Collection