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Belmont Branch
Summary
| Track: | > 16.29 km |
| Stations: | 1 / 8 in use |
This was private railway line owned by the New Redhead Estate and Colliery Company. Although it was constructed mainly to serve numerous collieries in the area, it also conveyed passenger traffic, with sizeable facilities at Redhead and Belmont, as well as several other minor platforms. It was single-track for its entire length, and featured a 180m tunnel under the Pacific Highway at Adamstown Heights.
The last passenger train to Belmont ran on 8/4/1971.
Today, the track has been retained From Adamstown to Whitebridge and is used by walkers, horse- and bike-riders. From Whitebridge the track has been lifted and the formation is still obvious to past Jewells. Beyond this point the track is overgrown with dense vegetation.
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| Name | Facility | Status | Opened | Closed | km |  |
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Adamstown | Station | In Use | 15-Aug-1887 | - | 161.120 | 16 | ||
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Redhead Tunnel | Tunnel | Closed | 1-Sep-1892 | 19-Dec-1991 | 12 | |||
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Fernleigh Loop | Loop | Closed | 15-Aug-1904 | unknown | 163.930 | |||
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Kahibah | Station | Closed | 1907 | unknown | 164.890 | 4 | ||
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Dudley Junction | Junction | Closed | 1-Sep-1892 | 19-Dec-1991 | 165.700 | ||
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Dudley Colliery | Colliery | Closed | unknown | unknown | 166.200 | ||
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Burwood No 3 Platform | Platform | Closed | unknown | unknown | 166.200 | |||
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Whitebridge | Platform | Closed | 24-Apr-1917 | unknown | 166.880 | 5 | ||
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Redhead | Station | Closed | 23-Dec-1916 | unknown | 170.380 | 6 | |
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Lambton Colliery | Colliery | Re-used | unknown | 170.670 | 1 | ||
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Burwood Extended Colliery | Colliery | Closed | unknown | unknown | ||||
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Burwood Extended Colliery DE | Dead End | Closed | unknown | unknown | ||||
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Jewells | Platform | Closed | 2-Jan-1917 | 18-Apr-1940 | 173.240 | 5 | ||
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Jct (Jewells) | Junction | Closed | unknown | unknown | |||
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John Darling Colliery | Colliery | Closed | unknown | unknown | 174.570 | ||
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John Darling Platform | Platform | Closed | 15-Oct-1934 | unknown | 174.570 | |||
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Belmont | Station | Closed | 2-Jan-1917 | 9-Apr-1971 | 176.620 | 7 |
Summary
| Track: | > 16.29 km |
| Stations: | 1 / 8 in use |
| Section | Opened | Closed | Usage | ||
| Adamstown - Burwood Extended Colliery DE | 1-Sep-1892 | 19-Dec-1991 | general | ||
| Burwood Extended Colliery DE - Belmont | 23-Dec-1916 | 19-Dec-1991 | general | ||
Dudley Colliery branch |
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| Dudley Junction - Dudley Colliery | 1-Sep-1892 | 19-Dec-1991 | general | ||
Lambton Colliery branch |
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| Redhead - Lambton Colliery | unknown | unknown | general | ||
John Darling Colliery branch |
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| Jct (Jewells) - John Darling Colliery | unknown | unknown | general | ||