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#41

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Deloraine

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 10:05:31 AM

Deloraine - February 1971 Railway Centenary. (Tony Stagg)

#42

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Deloraine

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 10:05:05 AM

Deloraine, 22nd April, 2025 (Lance Lyon)

#43

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Deloraine

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 10:03:15 AM

Deloraine (2/12/1968) (NAA)

#44

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Deloraine

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 10:02:53 AM

Deloraine - location (LISTmap)

#45

Stancombe - Deloraine / Deloraine

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 10:02:13 AM

Type : Station
Line : Western Line
Distance from Launceston : 072.500km
Location : -41.523381, 146.660612
Opened : 10th February 1871
Closed : 28th July 1978 (last passenger service)
Status : In use
Name meaning : Deloraine is named after a character from the poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel, written by Sir Walter Scott.
Notes : Water tank (still standing), station platform (still standing), crossing loop, refreshment room, multiple sidings, a triangle (wye) existed when this was the terminus for the line. Crossing loop still in use.

#46

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Westbury

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 09:51:13 AM

Westbury, 2/12/1968 (NAA)

#47

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Ashley

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 09:42:40 AM

Location (LISTmap)

#48

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Ashley

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 09:40:12 AM

Location (1930/5) (NAA)

#49

Stancombe - Deloraine / Ashley

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 09:39:48 AM

Type : Siding
Line : Western Line
Distance from Launceston : 069.300km
Location : -41.519236, 146.696438
Opened : 1913
Closed : 1957
Status : Closed
Name meaning :
Notes : The site was originally an experimental agricultural school, similar to the one at nearby Hagley, that opened in 1914 as the State Farm (and the siding was called this until 1925/26). This was a loop siding with a small weatherboard shelter (shed) located at the Up end of the loop.

#50

Stancombe - Deloraine / Re: Exton

Last post by admin - September 27, 2026, 07:46:24 AM

Location (LISTmap)