LITHGOW DISTRICT RAILWAY STATIONS: 3 NEWNES JUNCTION

Newnes Junction Station 1908

The years around 1910 were rather busy for the Great Western Railway. The 10 Tunnels Deviation to eliminate the great Zig Zag was being built, deviations of the main line to accommodate this were being constructed and the line was being duplicated.  Duplication was completed to Mt Victoria. New platforms were erected on most stations, between Mt Victoria and Glenbrook, the one at Bell being typical.

A branch line from the oil shale mines at Newnes in the Wolgan Valley was completed in 1907. The Newnes Junction station shown above is on the the as yet undeviated main line to Lithgow, which was still a single track. The present station was built on the new line about 1910 and is a few hundred metres south of the original platform.