List of never used railways
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This list of never used railways and railway infrastructure comprises as following:
Financial problems
- Manchester & Milford Railway - Llangurig
- Queensland Railways, Cooktown - LauraLaura-Places:Australia*Laura, Queensland, a town*Laura River , its river*Laura, South AustraliaCanada*Laura, SaskatchewanMarshall Islands* Laura, Marshall Islands, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall IslandsPoland...
railway, Laura RiverLaura River (Queensland)The Laura River is a river in Cook Shire in the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. It starts north of Mount Murray and flows north-west on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range, shadowed by the Peninsular Development Road from nearby Lakeland...
Bridge - test train only
Political problems
- Ouse Valley RailwayOuse Valley RailwayThe Ouse Valley Railway was a railway which was to have formed part of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway . It was authorised by an Act of Parliament and construction of the long line was begun, but not completed...
, 1866 - construction abandoned for political reasons
For future needs
- Central railway station, SydneyCentral railway station, SydneyCentral Railway Station, the largest railway station in Australia, is at the southern end of the Sydney CBD. It services almost all the lines on the CityRail network, and is the major terminus for interurban and interstate rail services...
, platforms 26 and 27. - St James railway station, Sydney, platforms 2 and 3.
- North Sydney railway station, flying junction tunnel for never built line to ManlyManly, New South WalesManly is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Manly is located 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Manly Council, in the Northern Beaches region.-History:Manly was named...
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- WynyardWynyard railway station, SydneyWynyard is a major underground CityRail station in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, 2.05 km from Central. Wynyard averages 108000 passenger movements per day Monday to Friday.-History:The station opened on 28 February 1932...
platforms 1 and 2 to North Sydney never used for rail, used for trams, then converted to road use. - North Sydney to Chatswood four-tracking, partially build never used.
- Redfern to SydenhamSydenhamSydenham is an area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham; although some streets towards Crystal Palace Park, Forest Hill and Penge are outside the ward and in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark. Sydenham was in...
six-tracking, partially built, never completed.
Changed plans
- Normanton - Croydon Railway - original destination was Cloncurry
- between CampsieCampsie, New South WalesCampsie is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campsie is located 13 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, on the southern bank of the Cooks River. Campsie is the commercial and administrative centre of the City of...
and BelmoreBelmore, New South WalesBelmore is a suburb, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Belmore is located 15 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury.-History:...
earthworks for a triangle from EnfieldEnfield, New South WalesEnfield is a suburb, in the Inner-West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Enfield is located 13 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Burwood Council.-History:...
were built but never used due to change in plans.
Partially built
- Gulgong to Maryvale section of Sandy Hollow - Maryvale railway to TovilTovilTovil is a civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone, in Kent in the South East of England.It is a mixture of residential and industrial zoning, with an increase in commercial usage towards the centre of Maidstone, and more arable use on the outskirts....
section of the Headcorn & Maidstone Junction Light Railway to section of the Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway - CasinoCasino, New South WalesCasino is a town in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, Australia, with a population of 9,400 people . It lies on the banks of the Richmond River and is situated at the junction of the Bruxner Highway and the Summerland Way....
to Bonalbo - construction abandoned in 1930s. - Guyra to DorrigoDorrigo, New South WalesDorrigo is a small town located on the Waterfall Way in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 580 kilometres north of the state capital, Sydney via the Pacific Highway, and 60 kilometres from the coastal city of Coffs Harbour. The town is situated on the Dorrigo Plateau near the...
- construction abandoned in 1950s.
Temporary use such as military
- During World War II a number of extra crossing loops were built between Werris Creek and Wallangarra, but were not brought into use.
- During World War II triangle junctions were built at GriffithGriffith, New South WalesGriffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra and the nearby town of Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin. Griffith was named after Sir Arthur Griffith the...
, Stockinbingal, which were removed soon after the war. A triangle at Goobang Junction near ParkesParkes, New South Wales- Transport :Parkes has a local bus service provided by Western Road Liners, which acquired Harris Bus Lines in March 2006. The Indian Pacific also stops twice a week, as well as the Broken Hill Outback Xplorer service, run by CountryLink, which heads to Broken Hill on Mondays and Sydney on...
from west to south was only partly built. It was finally completed around 2000.
Infrastructure
- Overbridge on A4085. Ahr Valley TunnelGovernment bunker (Germany)The Government Bunker in Germany, officially named Ausweichsitz der Verfassungsorgane des Bundes im Krisen- und Verteidigungsfall zur Wahrung von deren Funktionstüchtigkeit , in English: Emergency Seat of the Federal Constitutional Organs for the State of Crisis or State of Defence to Maintain...
GWR Atmospheric RailwaySouth Devon Railway engine housesThe South Devon Railway engine houses were built in Devon, England, to power the atmospheric trains on the South Devon Railway between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay railway stations. They contained boilers that provided the power to pumps that created the vacuum to move the trains...
- a fiasco and abandoned.