Western Junction

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Type : Station
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 199.100km
Opened : 1876 as Evandale Junction, renamed to Western Junction circa 1912/13
Closed : n/a, station - unknown (probably 1975). Station demolished 1983.
Status : In use
Name meaning :
Notes : Location had a triangle (still exists), watering facilities. crossing loop and refreshment room. Signal levers relocated to Don River railway and in storage. Signal box relocated to a private property in Evandale, no longer exists. Junction for Western Line and South Line. Crossing loop and loop siding still exists.

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Location (LISTmap)

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Signal box demolition in 1983

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Western Junction, undated (John Stanley)

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228 from Deloraine to Launceston at Western Junction, August 1962 (Buckland Collection/ARHS)

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R1 leads a north bound passenger service at Western Junction in June 1945 (Buckland Collection/ARHS)

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Western Junction (undated) (Geoffrey Love)

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Diesel fueling instructions for Western Junction (PLAN 977519 F/7T/78CME instructions for operation of western junction diesel fuelling) (Tas Libraries)

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Plan 7812171 (7660) Tasmanian Main Line Railway - plan of Evandale Junction - trace from old Main Line Railway Plan [tag 22 with black dot on green square] [ink on linen]

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Western Junction (28/11/1968) (Libraries TAS)

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Western Junction (undated, uncredited)

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DP13, late 1980s at Western Junction (Richard Hamann)

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Looking over the old station site, Sep 2023 (Google)

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#40 Down from Hobart will reverse into the Western Line platform and then take the #223 UP number when it departs for Wynyard.
The Western Line Tasman Ltd. (#226 Down) will reverse into the platform in front of the railcars so when the railcars depart for Launceston, they will take this run number.
Meanwhile, the ex-Western Line service will become #67 for the run on to Hobart.

10/01/1966 (John Thompson)

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#40 Down reversing into the Western Line platform at Western Junction. When it departs for Wynyard, it will be as #223 Up (westbound).


10/01/1966 (John Thompson)