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Passenger trains were discontinued in #Tasmania in the 1970s. Most of the stations were moved/demolished. Some were converted to other uses and others just sat there, unused.
The colonial government had been making noises about building a railway since the 1830s, but it was nearly forty years later that the first railway line opened. It ran from Launceston west to Deloraine, and built and owned by the Launceston & Western Railway Company.
The second line built c. 1876 ran from Launceston to Hobart. This was backed by the government and this is where I realise where the riots, strikes, derailments, shipwreck etc stories are not going to fit in 3000 characters :(
Anyway, further lines were added to extend the network through the island including through the Fingal Valley to the east coast (left photo, Fingal) and up through the north east (right photo, Scottsdale.)
The Fingal photo is form 2010. There was some talk of restoring the building but I don't know if anything came from it.
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Passenger trains were discontinued in #Tasmania in the 1970s. Most of the stations were moved/demolished. Some were converted to other uses and others just sat there, unused.
The colonial government had been making noises about building a railway since the 1830s, but it was nearly forty years later that the first railway line opened. It ran from Launceston west to Deloraine, and built and owned by the Launceston & Western Railway Company.
The second line built c. 1876 ran from Launceston to Hobart. This was backed by the government and this is where I realise where the riots, strikes, derailments, shipwreck etc stories are not going to fit in 3000 characters :(
Anyway, further lines were added to extend the network through the island including through the Fingal Valley to the east coast (left photo, Fingal) and up through the north east (right photo, Scottsdale.)
The Fingal photo is form 2010. There was some talk of restoring the building but I don't know if anything came from it.
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Passenger trains were discontinued in #Tasmania in the 1970s. Most of the stations were moved/demolished. Some were converted to other uses and others just sat there, unused.
The colonial government had been making noises about building a railway since the 1830s, but it was nearly forty years later that the first railway line opened. It ran from Launceston west to Deloraine, and built and owned by the Launceston & Western Railway Company.
The second line built c. 1876 ran from Launceston to Hobart. This was backed by the government and this is where I realise where the riots, strikes, derailments, shipwreck etc stories are not going to fit in 3000 characters :(
Anyway, further lines were added to extend the network through the island including through the Fingal Valley to the east coast (left photo, Fingal) and up through the north east (right photo, Scottsdale.)
The Fingal photo is form 2010. There was some talk of restoring the building but I don't know if anything came from it.
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Passenger trains were discontinued in #Tasmania in the 1970s. Most of the stations were moved/demolished. Some were converted to other uses and others just sat there, unused.
The colonial government had been making noises about building a railway since the 1830s, but it was nearly forty years later that the first railway line opened. It ran from Launceston west to Deloraine, and built and owned by the Launceston & Western Railway Company.
The second line built c. 1876 ran from Launceston to Hobart. This was backed by the government and this is where I realise where the riots, strikes, derailments, shipwreck etc stories are not going to fit in 3000 characters :(
Anyway, further lines were added to extend the network through the island including through the Fingal Valley to the east coast (left photo, Fingal) and up through the north east (right photo, Scottsdale.)
The Fingal photo is form 2010. There was some talk of restoring the building but I don't know if anything came from it.