History
The station opened in 1875 as Eagers Platform, renamed The Valley in 1877, renamed to Valley Heights on 19 August 1880 and was once a major rail centre during the steam era. The station was originally a point where locomotives were added onto western-bound trains due to the steep railway gradients in the Blue Mountains.
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