Cornelian Bay

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Type : Station
Line : Main Line
Distance from Hobart : 004.023km
Opened : 1893
Closed : 28 July 1978
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the location
Notes : First appears in 1903 WTT, last appearance in 1972 timetable, passenger station only. Two platforms on either side of the line.

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1960s, Jim Langdon

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This photo was taken in October 1974 in the fading days of passenger rail in Tasmania. This was a Show Train special leaving Cornelian Bay en route to the Showgrounds.

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REmains of the station in 2023 (Google)

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Location of the on-time station (LISTmap)

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Cornelian Bay, 17/8/1892 (Pretyman Family Photographs)

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Soldiers march at Cornelian Bay; shows railway station, buildings among Bell Street and grounds (1915) (Libraries Tas)

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Wayne Reason : Cornelian Bay Railway Station. I was on this train. If memory serves me correctly it was the last run of that CC Class Loco in either 1964 or 1965 before scrapping. A Weston Langford Photo.