Newstead

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Type : Siding
Line : Western Line
Distance from Launceston : 003.100km
Location : -41.437915, 147.169287
Opened : 1885
Closed : 1978
Status : Closed
Name meaning :
Notes : Opened as Hobler's Bridge, changed to Newstead in 1891. The site is now part of the East Tamar yards. Location had a gatekeeper's cottage, a dead end siding and stockyards.

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Location (LISTmap)

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February 1971, Centenary Train at Newstead (I K Winney)

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Photo of Newstead siding managed by gatekeeper Margaret Walsh (seated in centre) around 1900, from private collection.

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June 1923 floods at the Newstead Railway Station

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Newstead Siding layout (1930/5) (NAA)