Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 396.220km
Opened : 12 April 1915
Closed : 28 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After a place in Somerset, England
Notes : The 91.4 metre Down side platform had a standard A4 platform building with an extra store room and a C1 WC was on site. At some point the platform was reduced to 27.4 metres. A large town was laid out south west of the station and close to it, but never eventuated. 14/7/1921 good siding added. 13/4/1962 closed as electric staff and crossing station. 24/7/1972 goods siding removed.
Location of the station at Lansdowne - now occupied by the local waste water works. (Six Maps)
Lansdowne station (undated, but likely not long after opening) (Midcoast Library)
Although the station opened in 1915, this article from October 1920 indicates that the siding and loading bank were not added until later
The location of the one-time Lansdowne Station - it is now the local sewerage works. Opened 1915, closed 1975. (Google Maps)
Neville Mayers says:
"I was reared in Lansdowne and the station as I knew it,was a ladies toilet,ladies rest room,waiting room,an office that was never utilised,an out of room for incoming parcels etc,at the end of the platform was the mens toilet with a curved galvanised roof.I was told that it was going to be a marshalling yard but never was.The area of the yard is a few acres still.
Royce MacDonald was porter in charge at Moorland,when he went signalman,I was there as porter in charge in 1957 for a short time before I went to Taree.At moorland we sold tickets,booked in passionfruit,cordwood leaves,ordered trucks to load rutile and bogie louvre vans to load oranges.There was a large shed there for the orchardists to store their fruit.
Lansdowne had a siding where they loaded timber and poles.Melinga would order the trucks and ropes."
Lansdowne station (undated) (State Archives)
Lansdowne station sign, around 1992 (Michael Riley)
Lansdowne bridge, 29/12/2024 (Lance Lyon)