Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 092.800km
Opened : unknown as Eastern Marshes, renamed Andover 1893
Closed : 1969
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Andover was named by Lieutenant Francis Tabart in 1831 after his arrival in Van Diemen's Land from Andover in England.
Notes : Facilities included a goods shed and stock yards located on a loop siding, a house, waiting shed and a toilet. A dead end siding on the Down side of the loop existed in the 1930s for the Public Works Department but had been removed by the 1950s.
Location of the one time station (Google)
Looking over the site of the station, August 2023 (Google)
Plan 7812148 (7517) TGR - Main Line - site plan of Andover Siding (Andover Station Yard) [ink drawing on linen] (1930s or 40s) (Libraries Tas)
Plan 7812149 (7518) Transport Commission Tasmania Railway Branch - Main Line - site plan and long section of Andover Station Yard [ink drawing on linen] (1955) (Libraries Tas)