Hardies Platform railway station

Hardies Platform was a railway station on the Sandown railway line in the then-industrial suburb of Camellia in Sydney, Australia.[1] It opened on the 4th of April 1938[2] and served a nearby factory owned by James Hardie Industries. On 18 June 1959, the original platform was replaced by a new one located on the up track on the Sandown side of the Grand Avenue level crossing.[3] Passenger services on the Sandown line, and hence to Hardies, ceased on 19 December 1991.[4]

Hardies
Coordinates33°49′10″S 151°01′30″E
Operated byCityRail
Line(s)Sandown
Distance22.95 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
Opened4 April 1938
Closed19 December 1991
Rebuilt18 June 1959
ElectrifiedYes

Hardie was among a number of companies that had private sidings on the line.[5] These were named Hardies 
Asbestos
 Siding (originally the Asbestos
 Slate
 and
 Sheet
 Manufacturing
 Siding), which opened on 25 October 1916, and Hardies 
Asbestos
 Siding No. 2, which opened on 1 May 1926. Both sidings were connected separately to the line and were removed on 13 November 1990.[3]

Neighbouring stations
Preceding station   Closed Sydney stations   Following station
Goodyear   Sandown line   Rosehill

References
  1. "Camellia". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  2. "Hardies Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "Camellia" (PDF). Australian Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. "Cityrail launches new timetable". Railway Digest (February 1992): 45. 1992.
  5. McClymont, John (June 2009). "Camellia". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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