Toodyay railway station
Toodyay (current station) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| File:Toodyay railway station 2014 satusuro.JPG Westbound view in March 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Anzac Avenue, Toodyay | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°33′06″S 116°27′55″E / 31.5516°S 116.4653°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Public Transport Authority | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transwa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 93 kilometres (58 mi) from Perth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 February 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Toodyay railway station is located on the Eastern Railway in the Avon River town of Toodyay in Western Australia.
History
There have been three stopping places for railway passengers in Toodyay.
As was the case with other communities in Western Australia at the time, railway routes through established localities caused concern to the residents when the railway lines were in planning stages.[1]
Original stopping point
The original railway stopping point on the narrow gauge Clackline-Miling line was located within the locality with no railway station.[2][failed verification]
Original station
The locality at that time was known as Newcastle; by 1897 the station building was constructed within a short distance west of the original terminus, and was referred to regularly in advertising as being across the road from the Newcastle Hotel.[3] On 6 May 1910, Newcastle was regazetted as Toodyay with the station likewise renamed.[4] The line was extended west, then over the Avon River, and then north in stages, reaching Miling in August 1925.[5][6]
Current station
Although the route was surveyed in the 1940s, it wasn't until the passing of the Railways (Standard Gauge) Construction Act 1961 that construction commenced on the dual gauge Eastern Railway through the Avon Valley.[7][8]
As part of the construction of the new line, Toodyay was provided with a station on the new alignment, opening on 14 February 1966 with the narrow gauge line through Toodyay closed and later removed.[6][9] The new dual gauge line passed through the town of Toodyay with a new station built west of the earlier stations.
The Clackline-Miling narrow gauge line branches off the Eastern Railway at West Toodyay, a former marshalling yard, three kilometres west of Toodyay.[10]
Services
Toodyay station is served by Transwa's AvonLink, MerredinLink and Prospector services from Perth to Northam, Merredin and Kalgoorlie.[11]
References
- ^ "Newcastle Railway Station". The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 September 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "The Toodyay Agricultual Society's Show". The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 27 October 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Advertising". Toodyay Herald. WA: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Government Gazette #19 1910 Western Australian Government Gazette 6 May 1910 page 1043
- ^ Another Railway, Piawining to Miling Western Mail 20 August 1925 page 15
- ^ a b Newland, Andrew; Quinlan, Howard (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 67. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ^ Affleck, Fred (1978). On Track: The making of Westrail 1950 - 1976. Perth: Western Australian Railways Commission. p. 89. ISBN 0 7244 7560 5.
- ^ Webb Report 1976 Australian Transport Research Forum
- ^ Clackline to Toodyay Railway Line State Heritage Office
- ^ Toodyay - Toodyay West SA Track & Signal
- ^ Timetables Transwa
External links
Media related to Toodyay railway station at Wikimedia Commons- History of Western Australian Railways & Stations gallery
