Re: [NSW] Parramatta Rail Link

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

"Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Wasn't there a steam tramway up to Castle Hill from Parramatta that
closed
> > in the early 1930's? I think it started at the corner of Church and
Darcy
> > Streets, then headed north up Windsor Road and the Old Northern Road to
> > where Castle Towers mall is now......
> >
> > If there was a full railway, could someone tell me where it met up with
> the
> > Western Line and what the approximate reservation would have been?
Judging
> > from my Sydway street directory, any reservation would have been almost
> > completely built over by now.....
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bradley.
> >
> >
> IIRC the Rogans Hill line left the main west just west of Westmead
station.
> The are some bridge piers left somewhere near Westmead Hospital. A lot of
> the line actually ran on the side of the road so it is impossible to see
> now. There have been articles in ARHS Bulletin about it, I think there was
> something last year.
> --
> Regards,
> Chris Stratton
> Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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There are two recent photos on page 447, Bulletin 733 Nov 1998. I had a
quick look back to about 1986 and couldn't find any other references.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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