Andover

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Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 092.800km
Opened : unknown as Eastern Marshes, renamed Andover 1893
Closed : 1969
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Andover was named by Lieutenant Francis Tabart in 1831 after his arrival in Van Diemen's Land from Andover in England.
Notes : Facilities included a goods shed and stock yards located on a loop siding, a house, waiting shed and a toilet. A dead end siding on the Down side of the loop existed in the 1930s for the Public Works Department but had been removed by the 1950s.

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Location of the one time station (Google)

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Looking over the site of the station, August 2023 (Google)

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Plan 7812148 (7517) TGR - Main Line - site plan of Andover Siding (Andover Station Yard) [ink drawing on linen] (1930s or 40s) (Libraries Tas)

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Plan 7812149 (7518) Transport Commission Tasmania Railway Branch - Main Line - site plan and long section of Andover Station Yard [ink drawing on linen] (1955) (Libraries Tas)