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therealjr

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Re: Queens Park Boating Lake
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2015, 10:41:53 PM »
According to the wiki page passenger services stopped in 1951, freight in 1957 and the lines ripped up soon after. The station in its guise as a paint shop stayed till 1973 allegedly. Must admit that date puzzles me a bit given that the AGD was built in the late 60's
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Re: Queens Park Boating Lake
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2015, 06:25:18 AM »
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Re: Queens Park Boating Lake
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2015, 09:42:20 AM »
According to the wiki page passenger services stopped in 1951, freight in 1957 and the lines ripped up soon after. The station in its guise as a paint shop stayed till 1973 allegedly. Must admit that date puzzles me a bit given that the AGD was built in the late 60's

Cheers JR, that will be why I have no recollection of it, I would have been 8 yrs when it was ripped up
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