Railways Planned But Never Built
Plans were drawn up for a railway to the Tuggeranong Arsenal. The Tuggeranong Arsenal was planned in World War I, but never eventuated. It included a hospital near the Kambah Wool Shed, A small arms factory near Pine Island, and a civic centre. The route ran from the Queanbeyan line via Macarthur, Fadden, Erindale, Waniassa and Oxley to a station in north east Greenway.
A plan was also drawn for a Canberra-Jervis Bay Railway in 1914. By 1921 plans were given up to build this.
There was also a proposal to build a railway between Canberra and Yass, and this was specified in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909. This was last considered by the government in 1971. The route was not considered to be economically justified.
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