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Thu 8 Nov 1962 - Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW : 1882 - 1962)
Page 7 - 50 YEARS AGO FIRST SECTION OF DEVIATION IS OPENED
50 YEARS AGO
FIRST SECTION
OF DEVIATION
IS OPENED
(From the "Nepean Times"
of November 9, 1912)
Train passengers from
the Mountains were sur-
prised when their train
was switched from the
usual line on Sydney side
of Blaxland station to
travel over 1½ miles of new
line.
The new line was the first
section of the Glenbrook de-
viation to be used by a pas-
senger train.
Total length of the new
route, when completed, was
to be 8½ miles. All that re-
mained to be done was the
trimming of embankments,
completion of viaduct near
Knapsack Gully and laying
of lines.
The work was started in
January, 1911, and was esti-
mated to finish about Janu-
ary, 1913.
As an example of the costs
involved, the construction of
the temporary line to carry
materials was given as
£10,000.
NO RAIL SUBWAY
Chief Commissioner of
Railways and Tramways,
informed Mr. Brinsley Hall,
M.L.A., that circumstances
did not warrant the pro-
vision of a subway under
the railway at Castlereagh
Road.
A petition from residents
of Penrith and vicinity had
asked for the subway to re-
place the level crossing.
KATOOMBA TRAINS
The Chief Commissioner
also told Katoomba coun-
cil delegation that a new
summer time-table pro-
vided additional trains in
both directions.
Deputation had requested
a daily service of fast trains
during the summer months.
The Commissioner said he
did not propose to speed
trains in the up direction,
on account of safety, when
the deviation works were
completed.
FISHING
Mr. Roy McGrath, of Emu
Plains, caught a perch
weighing 3½ lbs. in the Ne-
pean River.