Closed Lines
| Name | Type | Opened | Closed | Stations | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abattoirs Branch | Diesel-era freight and suburban | 1911 (abattoirs loop) 1941 (saleyards loop) |
9 November 1984 (abattoirs loop) 22 June 1991 (saleyards loop) 22 August 1996 (Pippita branch) |
1 station; 4 workers' platforms | Track reopened to Pippita in 1998 as part of Olympic Park Line, remainder dismantled to make way for the Sydney Olympic Park. |
| Camden Line | Steam-era suburban | 10 March 1882 | 1 January 1963 | 8 | All dismantled; formation visible in places. |
| Holsworthy Line | Steam/diesel-era military and freight | 21 January 1918 | 21 June 1977 | 1 (restricted) | All dismantled; bridge over Georges River still in use as footbridge. The single track bridge under Newbridge Road is still in existence and used as a roadway next to Bill Morrison Park. |
| Richmond-Kurrajong Line | Steam-era suburban | 8 November 1926 | 26 July 1952 | 8 | Alignment mostly intact; track visible in several sections along line route. |
| Rogans Hill Line | Steam-era suburban | 28 January 1923 (to Castle Hill) 24 November 1924 (to Rogans Hill) |
31 January 1932 | 11 | All dismantled; no trace remains of alignment. The alignment is Windsor Road between Briens Rd Northmead and Old Northern Road at Baulkham Hills Junction then cuts the corner and proceeds through the bowling greens of Baulkham Hills Bowling Club and along Old Northern Road to Castle Hill. |
| Ropes Creek Line | Electric-era suburban | St Marys to Dunheved 1 March 1942 Dunheved to Ropes Creek 29 June 1942 | 22 March 1986 | 3 | Track present for a kilometre or so as a storage siding; most track lifted; stations partially intact. |
| Toronto Line | Diesel-era suburban | 7 March 1891 | 1990 | 3 | Rail trail for entire length; stations intact, including Fassifern branch line platform |
| Warwick Farm Racecourse Line | Electric-era suburban | 12 June 1889 | 1991 | 1 | Track lifted; station still intact |
| Rookwood Cemetery Line | Steam-era cemetery | 22 October 1864 (to Cemetery Station No. 1) 26 May 1897 (to Cemetery Station No. 3) 19 June 1908 (to Cemetery Station No. 4) |
1948 | 4 | Dismantled – formation remains in places |
| Sandown Line | Steam/electric/diesel-era industrial | 17 November 1888 | 2010 | 4 | Closed - track and alignment still in place |
Read more about this topic: List Of Closed Sydney Railway Stations
Famous quotes containing the words closed and/or lines:
“On a flat road runs the well-trained runner,
He is lean and sinewy with muscular legs,
He is thinly clothed, he leans forward as he runs,
With lightly closed fists and arms partially raised.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)