Track: | 12.59 km |
Stations: | 1 / 9 in use |
The Camden line extended from Campbelltown in the far south-west of Sydney to the nearby town of Camden. The line was built to move agricultural products from farms in the Camden area to town, however for much of its lifetime its most important traffic was coal from nearby fields. When an alternate loader was constructed at Glenlee, the line was closed.
A notable feature of the line was the very steep Kenny Hill (1 in 19 grade). Long trains often failed to make it to the top the first time, and had to either back up and try again, or divide the train.
Each Good Friday special trains would run to Maryfields, where people would attend the "Via Crucis" ceremony at the nearby Franciscan Brothers Monastery.
Apart from some of the formation near Maryfields and Kirkham, most evidence of this line has been buried underneath widened roads.
Name | Facility | Status | Opened | Closed | km | Links | ||
Campbelltown | Station | In Use | 17-May-1858 | - | 54.710 | 1 | ||
Maryfields | Platform | Closed | Mar-1937 | 1-Jan-1963 | 57.602 | |||
Kenny Hill | Platform | Closed | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 58.942 | 1 | ||
Currans Hill | Platform | Closed | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 61.326 | |||
Narellan | Station | Closed | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 63.101 | 2 | ||
Grahams Hill | Station | Closed | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 63.705 | |||
Kirkham | Station | Closed | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 65.140 | |||
Elderslie | Station | Closed | 1-Oct-1893 | 1-Jan-1963 | 66.427 | |||
Camden | Station | Closed | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 67.299 | 1 |
Track: | 12.59 km |
Stations: | 1 / 9 in use |
Section | Opened | Closed | Usage | ||
Campbelltown - Camden | 10-Mar-1882 | 1-Jan-1963 | 12 | general |