About this Page.

Hi Again,

This Page is about me learning about the Government Railways Of New South Wales, which was started in 1855 and went to 1932.

There is a possibility the name of the Railways then changed to,

Dept of Transport NSW, but I need to check the time line.

This May have been later in the History of the Railways.

Girilambone Railway Station. Photo taken in 1908.

Here is a link with some information,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Government_Railways

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Transport_Commission

The Story.

The first Railway in New South Wales was started on the 10th of December 1831.

The First Government run Railway In NSW was started in 1855. In September, on the 26th, a railway line was opened from Sydney to Parramatta. There were 6 Stations, and, they were, Sydney, Newtown, Ashfield, Burwood, Homebush and Parramatta.

Original Railway Station Photo, taken around 1855. Photo sourced from Wikimedia Commons.

This Photo was taken in 1914, Photo sourced from Wikimedia Commons.

Ashfield Railway Station, Photo sourced from flickr photos/powerhouse_museum, on the Wikimedia Commons Page.

Burwood Railway Station, one of the 6 Stations opened in 1855.
The last three photos are from J.Bar's Collection, no date was supplied. Sourced from the Wikimedia Page. Willneed to see if I can source some Black and White Photos perhaps.

Homebush Railway Station.
Photos sourced from the Wikimedia Page, and taken by J Barr.

Parramatta 1870.

Parramatta Railway Station, 1882.

Parramatta Railway Station, 1910.

Here's a couple of Photos I took in July 2002.

The Photo below was sourced from Wikipedia, Taken by AYArktos in 2006.

The Foundation stone was laid on the 12th of May 1868,
And, the Station Buildings opened in 1869.

Newcastle Railway Station in the steam era. Looks like the Loco shed was close by at one time.

Opened on the 9th of March 1858.

Newcastle 1884.

Newcastle Railway Station, Steam era.

Newcastle , Early years of the railway yards.

Newcastle, Early years. Above and 2 below.

Newcastle Railway Station, Refreshment rooms.

Before it's closure, The Newcastle Railway Station complex was an interesting Railway Station. Colour Photos taken in 2007/2008.

A Photo from 1890.

Photo from Living Histories-University of Newcastle.

This is a Photo of the New Newcastle Terminus.

Since this Photo was taken I have returned to take more.

The Hay Railway Station below, opened on the 4th of July 1882.

Hay Railway Station

The last 4 Colour Photos were taken in April 2006.

Maitland Railway Station, 1961.

Pymble Railway Station, Photo taken in 1908.

Murrurundi Railway Station, in the early days of steam.

Penrith Railway Station.
Photo sourced from Pinterest, 1862 and 1950, State records and Curt Flood 2015.

Penrith Railway Station, 1911. Photosourced from Wikimedia Commons.

A couple of Photos at Hornsby Railway Station.

A 1930 Photo, sourced from Wikimedia commons.

A 1920's Photo of the signals at Hornsby.

An interesting Photo taken at Thornleigh in 1904.

Photo sourced from Wikimedia Commons. a link to the photo was at the bottom of the Photo, lib.councilsonline.com.au/hornsby

This Photo was also sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Photo taken in 2013, by CamV8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornleigh_railway_station

Some more Station Photos.

Leura Railway Station.

Emu Plains Railway Station.

Glenbrook Railway Station 1900 and 1959.

Here is another interesting link,

https://nswrail.net

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_New_South_Wales

This Page last Updated at 6.04 am on the 6th of June 2020.