Fitzgerald

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Type : Halt
Line : Derwent Valley Line
Distance from Bridgewater Junction : 065.800km
Location : -42.743051, 146.642974
Opened : 1917 (As Maydena)
Closed : 1981
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Unknown
Notes : Between 1917 and 1936 this was the terminus for the line. Changed name from Maydena to Fitzgerald in 1919. The location had loco servicing facilities, a crossing loop, watering facilities, a triangle (wye), a goods loop, goods shed, loading ramp, sheep and cattle race, a separate siding (dead end) servicing a timber ramp, a second timber loading ramp at the dead end of the line and a station building.

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Fitzgerald yard layout (1930/5) (National Archives)

At the time these drawing were done the location was the terminus for the Derwent Valley line.

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Location (LISTmap)