Whittingham Railway Station
It opened on 6 September 1869 as Falkner's Platform (also written as Falkner's). It was upgraded from a platform to a station and renamed Whittingham in February 1877, at which time a ticket office and waiting room was built and stationmaster appointed. It was for many years the railway access point for the Singleton Army Camp. From 1921 to 1931, it was also an access point for the Singleton Racing Club's short-lived Whittingham Racecourse, which was adjacent to the station. A minor derailment occurred at the station in 1945 when a shunting engine went through the points. It last served passengers in 1984 and the station was subsequently demolished after closure.
Coal
A junction was built at Whittingham in the 1970s for a coal branch to a coal mine at Mount Thorley and later for the Saxonvale, Wambo and Warkworth collieries.
References
- ^ Whittingham station, NSWrail.net, accessed 11 August 2009.
- ^ "ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XLV, no. 6211. New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1888. p. 6 (Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Percy Valentine Storkey: The Sydney Law Student Who Won a Victoria Cross" (PDF). Sydney Law School. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "SINGLETON RACING CLUB". The Maitland Daily Mercury. No. 15, 793. New South Wales, Australia. 9 November 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SINGLETON RACECOURSE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 474. New South Wales, Australia. 22 June 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SECOND TRAM MISHAP IN FIVE DAYS". Singleton Argus. New South Wales, Australia. 18 April 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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