Epping Forest

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Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 171.850km
Opened : 1876 (as Epping Forest), renamed Epping 1914, renamed Epping Forest 1962
Closed : 1982
Status : Closed
Name meaning : The area was named Epping by Governor Lachlan Macquarie's party in 1811, presumably for Epping in England. It became known unofficially as Epping Forest and, when in 1956 a name change was required to avoid duplication, Epping Forest was chosen.
Notes : Location had a crossing loop and a goods siding

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Location (LISTmap)

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Epping Forest (28/11/68) (Libraries TAS)

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