Stockinbingal railway station

Stockinbingal
Location Stockinbingal
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 34°30′02″S 147°52′47″E / 34.5006°S 147.8798°E / -34.5006; 147.8798Coordinates: 34°30′02″S 147°52′47″E / 34.5006°S 147.8798°E / -34.5006; 147.8798
Line(s) Lake Cargelligo branch line
History
Opened 1893
Closed 1983

Stockinbingal is a former passenger railway station on the Lake Cargelligo railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1893[1] and closed to passenger services in 1983.[2] The station survives largely intact, in good condition, as a safeworking location. Stockinbingal is the junction location of the cross country line to Parkes on the Broken Hill line.

The station still has a short crossing loop, and a junction for the line to Temora.

Adjacent stations

Preceding station   NSW Branch lines   Following station
Gundibindyal
Lake Cargelligo Line
towards Cootamundra
TerminusStockinbingal–Parkes line
towards Parkes

References

  1. ↑ Stockinbingal station, NSWrail.net, accessed 11 August 2009.
  2. ↑ Banger, C. The Intercapital Daylight, 1956-1991 Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol 52 No. 764. June 2001


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