Type : Station
Line : Main Line
Distance from Hobart : 008.900km
Opened : 1887 (as O'Briens Bridge) changed to Glenorchy
Closed : 1978
Status : Reused
Name meaning : From Glen Orchy, Scotland, meaning "glen of tumbling waters".
Notes : Tasmanian Transport Museum (from 3/12/1983) operates from the location, station building from New Town & signal box from Botanical Gardens relocated to the site. The site has extensive facilities related to the museum including a turntable (relocated from Brighton), roundhouse and associated sidings. The location had watering facilities at either end of the platform and a Down side loop facing the platform. An Up side loop siding was to the west of the station. Overpass removed in early 80s.
Glenorchy location (LISTmap)
Glenorchy in August 2023 (Google)
Glenorchy station (undated) (University of Newcastle)
Glenorchy Railway Station - 1965 (uncredited)
Glenorchy Down TTMS Special CC 27 (30 March 1963) (Weston Langford)
photo of the Tasmanian Transport Museum, including platform, station building, signal box and turntable, during the BRMA Model Train Show on August 8th, 2013.
Plan 7812400 (13288) TGR - Main Line - Glenorchy Station - Signal House - showing plan, elevations and sections [with notations; ink on linen] (Libraries Tas) (1910)
Glenorchy railway station. Framjee and Gillman photo (19/9/1912)
D2 at Glenorchy with a Down suburban train, 22/11/1946 (J M McMillan)
MA2 leads a tour train at Glenorchy, 7/3/1965 (H J W Stokes)
Glenorchy, 1966 (Phil Osborne)
Glenorchy station without the cover XA 4 with the 3pm passenger to Launceston 6/1/1974.Photographer Weston Langford picture from Weston Langford Railway Photography website