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Goondah
Goondah
General information
Location	Goondah Rd, Goondah, New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	34°44′03″S 148°43′59″E / 34.7343°S 148.7331°E
Operated by	Public Transport Commission
Line(s)	Main South line; Burrinjuck line
Distance	339.900 km from Central
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
History
Opened	1 August 1891
Closed	9 March 1975
Rebuilt	7 May 1916
Electrified	No
Services

Goondah railway station was a railway station in Goondah, New South Wales, Australia on the Main South Line 340 kilometres (210 mi) from Sydney.^[1]^[2]

Tramway: Goondah-Burrinjuck line

During 1907 work commenced on the Barren Jack Reservoir. A 2 ft (610 mm) tram line was constructed adjacent to the station to carry supplies to the construction site 28 miles (45 km) away.^[3]

Deviation

When the railway was duplicated, the first station was replaced by one on a new alignment.

References

^ "Goondah Station 1st". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Goondah Station 2nd". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS". Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915). Grafton, NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1908. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

Newland, John R (1994). The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway. Sydney, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 128. ISBN 0909650322.
Newland, John R. (2009). The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway : the story of the 2-foot gauge railway together with a description of the construction of Burrinjuck Dam, and of the people who built the dam (3rd ed.). Redfern, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. p. 256. ISBN 9780980510621.