Oolong, New South Wales

Oolong is a locality in southern New South Wales, Australia^[2] and formerly the location of a minor railway station on the Main South railway line. It lies within the section from Gunning to Bowning which opened as a single line on 3 July, 1876. it is also located on the Hume Highway between Goulburn and Yass.

Oolong New South Wales
Oolong
Coordinates	34°47′00″S 149°10′00″E
Population	61 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2581
Elevation	593 m (1,946 ft)
Location	254 km (158 mi) SW of Sydney 59 km (37 mi) W of Goulburn 37 km (23 mi) E of Yass
LGA(s)	Upper Lachlan Shire
County	King
Parish	Dalton
State electorate(s)	Goulburn
Federal division(s)	Riverina
Localities around Oolong: Broadway Dalton Merrill Jerrawa Oolong Gunning Lade Vale Lade Vale Bellmount Forest

History

The station and crossing loop opened on 25 November 1890. The platform, which was 33 metres long, was erected on 18 December, 1890. When the line was duplicated, including deviations to the original alignment, in 1914, a new station building was erected on the deviation. There was a siding, a crossover and a signal box on one of the platforms.

The platform closed on 13 February 1972,^[3] and was dismantled in the late 1980s.

Level crossing

In 2006, a proposal surfaced to close the level crossing near the site of the old station. Even though usage of the crossing was very small, perhaps 55 vehicles per day, there was outrage from the local community.^[4]