Yerong Creek railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| name = Yerong Creek
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| style = Australian closed station
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| address = Yerong Creek, New South Wales
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-35.3861|147.0599|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title|name=Yerong Creek railway station (closed)}}
| elevation = {{convert|215|m|ft|abbr=}}
| distance = {{convert|565.090|km|mi|abbr=on}} from {{rwsa|Central|S}}
| line = Main Southern line
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| structure = Ground
| platform = 1 (1 side)
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| tracks = 3
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| opened = 1 September 1880
| closed = {{circa}}1984
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| electrified = No
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| operator = State Rail Authority
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|line5=Main Southern|left5=Henty|right5=The Rock
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Yerong Creek railway station was a railway station on the Main Southern line, serving the town of Yerong Creek in the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. It served passengers between 1880 and the 1980s.
History
The station opened in 1880 and was closed {{circa}}1984. The platform buildings were demolished in the 1980s, and only a low platform remains at the site.[http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Yerong+Creek&line=NSW:main_south:0 Yerong Creek station]. NSWrail.net. Accessed 8 August 2009.
In 2011, a train passed the signal at Yerong Creek without authority, an incident known as a signal passed at danger.[http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/2485559/ro2011003.pdf Signal passed at danger Yerong Creek, New South Wales 25 February 2011] Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Description
Yerong Creek station consisted of a single side platform with a weatherboard station building and signal box. It was opened with a crossing loop of about 400m length. In 2010, the crossing loop was extended into a 7 km passing loop, with intermediate home signals protecting a level crossing and wheat sidings which have the effect of allowing the passing loop to hold two trains in one direction.