Re: [NSW] Pippita

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > "Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> > > A few questions about this little known station on the access line to
> > Olympic Park
> > >
> > > 1. What was this station used for?
> >
> > It was the end of electrification for the Abbattoirs branch. I believe
it
> > was used by workers at some companies near where the line crossed
> Parramatta
> > Road.
>
> Wrong, the Saleyards were electrified right through.

But Abboittoirs was not (notice I mentioned "Abbottoirs branch"?)

Dave