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Type : Platform
Line : Derwent Valley Line
Distance from Bridgewater Junction : 004.500km
Location :
Opened : Circa 1929
Closed : 31 December 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes :

Type : Platform
Line : Derwent Valley Line
Distance from Bridgewater Junction : 003.500km
Location :
Opened : Circa 1922 (1st time), 1972 (2nd time)
Closed : 1925 (1st time), 31 December 1974 (2nd time)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes :

Type : Station
Line : Derwent Valley Line
Distance from Bridgewater Junction : 002.400km
Location :
Opened : Circa 1905
Closed : 31 December 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes :

Type : Siding
Line : Risdon Branch
Distance from Derwent Park : 002.900km
Location :
Opened : 6th October 1919
Closed : 10th October 1996
Status : Closed
Name meaning :
Notes : Location had watering facilities, served the Electrolytic Zinc Company. Used for both goods traffic and employees.

Type : Siding
Line : Risdon Branch
Distance from Derwent Park : 001.450km
Location :
Opened : 1 June 1912 (as Risdon Abattoirs), renamed Abattoir 1956
Closed : 1978
Status : Closed
Name meaning :
Notes : Junction to the spur was at 1.15km mark. Abattoir siding closed 1955, livestock sidings in 1978.

Type : Platform
Line : Risdon Branch
Distance from Derwent Park : 001.200km
Location :
Opened : 1919
Closed : 31 Dec 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word for moon
Notes : It was the only passenger station on the line.

Type : Unknown
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : unknown
Location :
Opened : unknown
Closed : unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Probably a private halt, the only reference in 1918. This location would have been near to Resolution Street and was between The Turning and Main Road Crossing.

Type : Siding
Line : Hobart Wharf Branch
Distance from Hobart : 01.300km
Location :
Opened : Unknown
Closed : 1977
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the location
Notes : Line was laid only on the southern side of the pier. Last traffic was in the 1960s.

Type : Siding
Line : Hobart Wharf Branch
Distance from Hobart : 01.000km
Location :
Opened : 26 June 1934
Closed : 1977
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the location
Notes : Line was laid only on the southern side of the pier. Last traffic was in 1970. Pier demolished in 1993.

Type : Siding
Line : Hobart Wharf Branch
Distance from Hobart : 00.700km
Location :
Opened : October 1921
Closed : Circa 1953
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the location
Notes : Originally rails were laid on both sides of the pier, following a fire that largely destroyed the pier on 14 March 1948 the pier was rebuilt but the line was only laid on the north side. The pier was demolished in 1957.

Type : Siding
Line : Hobart Wharf Branch
Distance from Hobart : 00.500km
Location :
Opened : Unknown
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the location
Notes : Technically not part of the Hobart Wharf Branch and outside of the other lines, included with these sidings for ease of completion. This siding was opened by the TMLR and was likely closed by the 1950s. The line ended in a loop siding.

Type : Junction
Line : Hobart Wharf Branch
Distance from Hobart : 00.500km
Location :
Opened : 3 March 1914
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the location
Notes : The junction started near to Macquarie Wharf. Some track along the branch remains but was filled in by 1972.

Type : Station
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 023.600km
Location :
Opened : 2 May 1892
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after Lieutenant Governor William Sorell by Governor Lachlan Macquarie
Notes : Watering facilities (courtesy of a nearby railway dam), crossing loop (dead end), loco servicing facilities, carriage shed, goods shed and stock pens. No turntable was provided so trains ran in reverse on the return trip to Bellerive. Station building remains (private use) as does the carriage shed (Men's Shed). Both survived the 1967 bushfires.

Type : Platform
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 022.500km
Location :
Opened : 2 May 1892
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Shelter erected in October 1920

Type : Station
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 019.700km
Location :
Opened : Circa 1896 (as Frogmore), renamed to Penna in 1915
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : An early farm in the area was named "Pennar", and this is the most likely source of the name.
Notes : Renamed after the Post Office opened in 1914 under the name Penna. A dead end siding was constructed in 1896 and a goods shed was also built at the same time. Fettler's cottage was built at this location. Goods shed (burnt down along with the station in 1926).

Type : Station
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 016.900km
Location :
Opened : 2 May 1892
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the location
Notes : In 1927 the formation at the location was converted to a road. This location may have been "Lord's Gate" (tickets were printed) - but no such station existed.

Type : Siding
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 013.000km
Location :
Opened : 2 May 1892
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the location
Notes : Grain,chaff,wood, wool and cream were loaded at this siding from the Hanslow property.

Type : Station
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 016.100km
Location :
Opened : Circa 1893
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the location
Notes : Did not open with the line, earliest mention for a proposed halt for excursion trains was in November 1892. First mention (in advertising) was 11/10/1893 so probably in use before then. A cottage was also built here in 1893.

Type : Platform
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 012.000km
Location :
Opened : 2 May 1892
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the Lane family.
Notes : Opened as Lane's Road, name changed in 1914 to Lane's Crossing

Type : Station
Line : Sorell Line
Distance from Bellerive : 010.300km
Location :
Opened : 2 May 1892
Closed : 30 June 1926
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Crossing loop, goods shed (relocated to existing service station), stock yards, station building still exists. The goods shed was served by a dead end loop line and another loop line existed. Station facilities included a ticket office, a waiting room and fireplace. The post office, ladies toilets and male toilets were situated within the station building.