The Rock railway station

The Rock

Station in March 2009
Location Olympic Way, The Rock
Coordinates 35°16′18″S 147°07′06″E / 35.2718°S 147.1183°E / -35.2718; 147.1183
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main South
Oaklands
Distance 550.29 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Station code TRK
History
Opened 1 September 1880
Previous names Hanging Rock
Kingston
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
towards Albury
Main Southern Line
towards Sydney
Preceding station   NSW Branch lines   Following station
towards Oaklands
Oaklands LineTerminus
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Melbourne
NSW TrainLink Southern
Melbourne XPT
towards Sydney

The Rock railway station is located on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of The Rock.

History

The Rock station opened on 1 September 1880 as Hanging Rock when the Main South line was extended from Wagga Wagga to Gerogery. It was renamed Kingston on 28 December 1882, and finally The Rock on 10 February 1883.[1][2]

On 8 July 1901, The Rock became a junction station with the opening of the Oaklands line as far as Lockhart. It gained a locomotive depot and carriage shed at the same time.

From the late 1950s, The Rock became a railmotor depot, gaining an allocation of four CPH railmotors that were used on all services south of Junee to Albury and on the Oaklands, Rand, Holbrook and Kywong lines. After these services were withdrawn in 1974, the depot was demolished in 1978.[3]

Services

The Rock is served by two daily NSW TrainLink XPT services in each direction operating between Sydney and Melbourne.[4]


Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central & Melbourne

References

  1. The Rock Station NSWrail.net
  2. The Rock Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. "Locomotive Depot No 37: The Rock" Roundhouse October 1988 pages 22-26
  4. "Southern timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 30 June 2014].

External links

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