Whittingham is a closed station on the Main North railway line in New South Wales.

It opened on 6 September 1869 as Falkner's Platform. It was upgraded from a platform to a station and renamed Whittingham in February 1877, at which time a ticket office and waiting room was built and stationmaster appointed.[1][2] It was for many years the railway access point for the Singleton Army Camp.[3] From 1921 to 1931, it was also an access point for the Singleton Racing Club's short-lived Whittingham Racecourse, which was adjacent to the station.[4][5] A minor derailment occurred at the station in 1945 when a shunting engine went through the points.[6] It closed at an unknown date and the station was demolished.

Coal

A junction was built at Whittingham in the 1970s for a coal branch to a coal mine at Mount Thorley and later for other mines.

Preceding station Former Services Following station
Singleton
towards Wallangarra
 Main North Line Minimbah
towards Sydney

References

  1. ^ Whittingham station, NSWrail.net, accessed 11 August 2009.
  2. ^ "ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XLV, no. 6211. New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1888. p. 6 (Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Percy Valentine Storkey: The Sydney Law Student Who Won a Victoria Cross" (PDF). Sydney Law School. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. ^ "SINGLETON RACING CLUB". The Maitland Daily Mercury. No. 15, 793. New South Wales, Australia. 9 November 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "SINGLETON RACECOURSE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 474. New South Wales, Australia. 22 June 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "SECOND TRAM MISHAP IN FIVE DAYS". Singleton Argus. New South Wales, Australia. 18 April 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

32°36′17″S 151°12′01″E / 32.6046°S 151.2003°E / -32.6046; 151.2003


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