Tuggeranong's forgotten railway station? | Lost in Time (Episode 6)

[@OliverWiley-gn4nc]

I love your videos, thank you.❤🎉

[@griffinfails3689]

Love this series, great video as always! I'd love to see an episode on the "tramway" that Canberra had in the early 2000s with the R and W trams. I kind of miss the old livery that R1 2001 had.

[@canberrarail]

Now there's an obscure story! That one's definitely going on the list!

[@Alistaireo]

Very informative. Where does one find a map of the ACT and surrounds dis-used rail lines?

[@adrianmanning1448]

Great to see the history of rail in Canberra and especially Tuggeranong. Can you do a series on planned railway lines never built in Canberra?

[@canberrarail]

We have a number in production on that topic. We were going to cover the Tuggeranong arsenal branch in this episode, but it's a story that deserves an episode of its own

[@Scott-un7lc]

I am constantly surprised by the history of rail on the ACT has there or is there plans for any books to be published on the History of rail in the ACT ?

[@canberrarail]

@@Scott-un7lc There's an excellent book called Canberra's Engineering Heritage, with a chapter all about the rail history. It's been archived in the National Library: webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170124074840/pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/161332/20170124-1637/www.engineer.org.au/home.html

[@Scott-un7lc]

@@canberrarail thank you

[@jordanoneill82]

i went metal detecting there yesterday for 6 hours and all the artifacts i left in a neat pile. if you have a museum i strongly suggest you collect the artifacts i found. i found an old hand crank and an 1800s padlock among other things. all i collect is the coins.

[@jamiekeenan7731]

I've found a Canberra Times news article on Trove (13/1/76) noting that Tuggeranong railway station officially closed on February 8, 1976. It was one of five stations closed on the Bombala line by the NSW Public Transport Commission, along with Colinton, Bukalong, Bunyan and Chakola.

[@jamiekeenan7731]

I'm not sure there would be much recorded history, but would be great to have a film that covered Royalla and Williamsdale stations too - as they are right on the border.

[@jamiekeenan7731]

Maybe a video on the Canberra Monaro Express service could cover the whole lost railway and still be 'local'?

[@jamiekeenan7731]

Found a timetable from 1962, showing Tuggeranong station was serviced by the Canberra Monaro Express (Mon-Sat) once each direction and the Cooma Mail Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat evening northbound/ Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun southbound. Journey Tuggeranong to Queanbeyan was 16 mins and 77mins to Cooma

[@robertthomson1587]

It's interesting that the tracks never got lifted. Were they left to continue a delineation of the ACT/NSW border?

[@canberrarail]

The entirety of the Queanbeyan-Cooma-Bombala railway is still in situ, but most hasn't been used since '89. It's common practice for most closed railways in NSW, as a way to retain the rail corridor should they wish to reopen it.

[@robertthomson1587]

That makes sense. Thanks.

[@denysmith9469]

Tuggeranong Ted

[@mrewan6221]

Backing music is too loud. It's difficult to hear the spoken word. Stopped watching.