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Re: Old Castle Hill branch

Subject: Re: Old Castle Hill branch
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 05:01:03 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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David Bromage (dbromage@fang.omni.com.au) wrote:
> Marvin The Martian (choochoo72@mailcity.com) wrote:
> > The Camden thread reminded me that a while ago someone told me there was
> > a Castle Hill branch line, does anyone have any info on this?

> Westmead to Castle Hill opened in 1923. Castle Hill to Rogans Hill opened
> the following year. The entire line was closed in 1932 and lifted.

This has to be one of the shortest lived branch lines in Australia's
history.

Imagine how useful the line would be today.

Cheers
David

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  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)

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