Fish River railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Fish River
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|style = Australian closed station
| image = Fish River railway station site, Cullerin, New South Wales.jpg
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| caption = The site of the former station in 2018
| address = Cullerin Road, Cullerin, New South Wales
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| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-34.7831|149.3096|format:dms|name=Fish River railway station (closed>}}
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| operator = Public Transport Commission
| line = Main Southern
| distance = 271.021 km from {{rwsa|Central|S}}
| platforms = 2 (2 side)
| tracks = 2
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| structure = Ground
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| opened = 9 November 1875
| closed = 9 March 1975
| status = Demolished
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{{Adjacent stations
|system1=State Rail Authority
|line3=Main Southern|left3=Gunning|right3=Cullerin
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Fish River railway station was a railway station on the Main South railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1875 as part of the extension of the Great Southern line from Goulburn to Gunning{{cite news |title=Opening of Railway to Gunning |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162491101?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F698%2F1875%2F11%2F06%2Fpage%2F16524783%2Farticle%2F162491101 |publisher=The Sydney Mail |date=6 November 1875}} and closed to passenger services in 1975.[http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Fish+River&line=NSW:main_south:0 Fish River station ]. NSWrail.net. Accessed 19 August 2009. The signal box survived for a time after the platform was demolished, little trace of the station now survives.
Timetable and fares
In 1884, Fish River was classified as a siding requiring passengers to notify the guard of their intent to disembark at the previous station (Goulburn or Gunning). The journey time from Sydney was approximately 6.5 hours with the cost of a Single first-class fare being 28 shillings and 3 pence.{{cite news |title=New South Wales Railways Time Table & Fares --- Great Southern & South Western Lines.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221675656/12873404 |publisher=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=13 September 1884}}
Accidents at Fish River
Fish River was the scene of a fatal accident on 27 October 1888.{{cite news |title=The Fish River Railway Accident |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161886028?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F698%2F1888%2F11%2F10%2Fpage%2F16508377%2Farticle%2F161886028 |publisher=The Sydney Mail |date=10 November 1888}} It is alleged that the signal was not appropriately resulting in a collision with another train.{{cite news |title=The Fish River Tank Railway Accident |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108118428?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FE%2Ftitle%2F508%2F1888%2F11%2F03%2Fpage%2F11929240%2Farticle%2F108118428 |publisher=The Evening News |date=3 November 1888}}
On 22 February 1914, Fish River was the scene of two non-fatal accidents occurring on the same day where, in one accident, an engine was slightly damaged and, in a second accident, a wagon was derailed.{{cite news |title=Two Railway Accidents at Fish River |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98823958?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FG%2Ftitle%2F368%2F1914%2F02%2F24%2Fpage%2F9586968%2Farticle%2F98823958 |publisher=Goulburn Evening Penny Post |date=24 November 1914}}