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Type : Halt
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : unknown
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown - likely after the location
Notes : Between Reynold's and Colebrook, this may have been a halt that served what is now the Notre Dame Priory. The location existed between the 1940s and 1970s.

Type : Halt
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 058.500km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Likely after the property it served
Notes : This location is mentioned between 1921 and 1948 and then once more in the 1957 WTT. Also called Reynold's Siding. Hill nearby still retains the name of "Siding Hill".

Type : Halt
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 053.900km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the property it served
Notes : This location is mentioned once in the 1939 WTT, it was sited at the location of the later Danby Siding

Type : Loop/Siding
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 053.900km
Opened : 1941
Closed : 1984
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Only used when required by small farms in the district, the main farm named "Stockdale" was in the Coal River Valley. Location was the near to the site of a fatal derailment 26/10/1951 (both driver and fireman killed) - the train was travelling at around 40mph (double the 20mph speed limit) and overturned after derailing.

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 872.586km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the owner of the property it served at 420 Lions Rd
Notes : Stop on the Up side of the line, 80 metres from Spiral Tunnel #2

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 868.181km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : after John Burke
Notes : Down side platform serving the property owned by John Burke, also used by the Lee family

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 858.122km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the owner of the property it served (Bill Scholes)
Notes :

Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 044.300km
Opened : 1876
Closed : 1990 (station), 1996 (PWD Siding)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the location
Notes : Station located on the Up side of the line, crossing loop and private siding. Double story building, 1st floor condemnded in the 1960s.

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 855.547km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the owner (Bill Davies)
Notes : Located on the Up side of the line

Type : Halt
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 053.108km
Opened : Prior to 1948
Closed : After 1957
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the Tawny Frogmouth (potentially also the name of the farm it serviced)
Notes : Appears in 1948 and 1957 WTTs

Type : Halt
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 051.396km
Opened : 1953
Closed : 1978
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Likely after the property owner
Notes :

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 855.763km
Opened : Unknown
Closed :Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After Bill Trihey's property
Notes : Platform was on the Up side of the line, used for cream, school children and family transport.

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 853.918km
Opened : Unknown
Closed :Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After Dan Trihey's property
Notes : Platform was on the Down side of the line, used for cream, school children and family transport.

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 853.375km
Opened : Unknown
Closed :Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After Spark Wilson's property
Notes :

Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 051.100km
Opened : 1877 (as Lower Jerusalem), renamed 1894
Closed : 1978
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Passenger facilities only

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 841.546km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the property it served
Notes : Stop on Up side of line at crossing gates, not mentioned in WNs

Type : Halt
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 838.207km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the property it served
Notes : The stop was located on the Up side near to an overhead bridge

Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 048.861km
Opened : 1912
Closed : 1982
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Site had a loop siding on the Up side, two railway cottages, a gangers shed (in 1914 this was a tent camp), stock yards and a small ground level shelter on the Down side of the yards. In 1914 a petition was brought to have the Post Office moved to the station and also for a goods shed to be built. The Railway Commissioner declined the goods shed and loading bank request noting that it would require a costly extension of the siding - however in 1916 records show 90 pounds was spent to add a loading bank, goods shed and increase the length of the siding, a year later this had blown out to 370 pounds. Post Office relocated in 1914 to the station, Post Mistress terminated in 1923. Post Office facilities closed in 1942.

Type : Halt
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 047.096km
Opened : ?
Closed : ? - probably 1978
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the property owned by Christian Kline (who worked for the railways)
Notes : Mentioned in the 1948 & 1957 WTTs and also in the 1970 fare book

Type : Unknown
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 041.100km
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Probably after the owner of the property
Notes : Likely a halt, existed in the 1950s