Exton

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Type : Station
Line : Western Line
Distance from Launceston : 065.500km
Location : -41.519777, 146.739705
Opened : 10th February 1871
Closed : 1986
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Reverend Samuel Martin arrived in Tasmania on Sir Thomas Monro in 1833, with his wife Sarah Martin (née Exton). The town was named after her.
Notes : Passing loop (closed 1986), goods loop with short dead end siding, weatherboard platform building, stock yards and goods shed. A railway cottage once existed at the location.

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Exton layout (1930/5) (NAA)

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Location (LISTmap)

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Centenary special at Exton, February 1971 (A Grunbach)