Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station
Cemetery Station No. 1 | |||||||||||
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Haslem's Creek Cemetery station c. 1865 | |||||||||||
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| Other names | No. 1 Mortuary Receiving Railway Station | ||||||||||
| Location | Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′11″S 151°03′04″E / 33.869683°S 151.051245°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | New South Wales Government Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rookwood | ||||||||||
| Distance | 17.54 kilometres (10.90 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1867 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 29 December 1948 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Haslem's Creek Cemetery (1867- c.1872) Necropolis (c.1872-unknown) Mortuary Terminus (unknown-1897) Mortuary General Cemetery (1897-1908) | ||||||||||
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The Cemetery Station No. 1 was a railway station situated on the Rookwood Cemetery railway line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Operating from 1867 to 1948, it primarily served the Rookwood Cemetery. The station's architectural design was overseen by New South Wales Government Architect, James Barnet.