234:. Approaching the stop, the line passes through a short tunnel under Harris Street. After the station it enters a main tunnel near John Street opposite Mount Street. The tunnel exits near Jones Street at Saunders Lane and the line continues in a cutting which progressively opens out on the western side before falling ground levels bring the line on to a viaduct – the Wentworth Park viaduct – near where Jones and Allen Streets intersected before the railway was built. This viaduct continues across
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was formed in 1848, it had been the intention of the company to build a freight terminal at
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Pyrmont. The proposal was approved on 23 November 1914, and the line opened on 23 January 1922. To avoid an opening rail bridge alongside the existing
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