The Forest railway station

The Forest
General information
Location	Goulburn, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°37′29″S 149°43′56″E
Operated by	Public Transport Commission
Line(s)	Crookwell
Distance	241.920 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Demolished
History
Opened	22 April 1902
Closed	9 March 1975
Electrified	No
Services
Preceding station Former services Following station Woodhouselee towards Crookwell Crookwell Line Norwood towards Goulburn

The Forest railway station was a railway station on the Crookwell railway line, New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1902 with the opening of the line, and consisted of a 100 ft platform on the down side of the line with a loop siding on the up side.^[1] It was named after an adjoining property named Forest Lodge. The platform was removed in 1969 and the loop closed in 1974 and was subsequently demolished.^[2] The line through The Forest closed to goods traffic in 1984.

References

1. The Forest station. NSWrail.net, accessed 21 August 2009.
2. Scrymgeour, R. A History of the Goulburn- Crookwell Line. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 48, no 721. November 1997.