Stockinbingal railway station

Stockinbingal
Location Stockinbingal
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 34°30′02″S 147°52′47″E / 34.5006°S 147.8798°E / -34.5006; 147.8798Coordinates: 34°30′02″S 147°52′47″E / 34.5006°S 147.8798°E / -34.5006; 147.8798
Line(s) Lake Cargelligo branch line
History
Opened 1893
Closed 1983

Stockinbingal is a former passenger railway station on the Lake Cargelligo railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1893[1] and closed to passenger services in 1983.[2] The station survives largely intact, in good condition, as a safeworking location. Stockinbingal is the junction location of the cross country line to Parkes on the Broken Hill line.

The station still has a short crossing loop, and a junction for the line to Temora.

Adjacent stations

Preceding station   NSW Branch lines   Following station
Gundibindyal
Lake Cargelligo Line
towards Cootamundra
TerminusStockinbingal–Parkes line
towards Parkes

References

  1. Stockinbingal station, NSWrail.net, accessed 11 August 2009.
  2. Banger, C. The Intercapital Daylight, 1956-1991 Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol 52 No. 764. June 2001


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