The Macdonaldtown Carriage Sheds was a facility for the stabling of passenger carriages used on country railway services in

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, Australia. Built by the

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in the inner

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suburb of Macdonaldtown, it was located in a triangle between the Main Suburban and

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lines. By the early 1980s, it was mainly being used to stable withdrawn rolling stock with the

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and Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum both having stock stored here. It closed in April 1985. In 2007, six sidings were relaid on the site as part of the CityRail Clearways Project for use as a stabling facility by suburban trains.Macdonaltown Stabling Project Profile
Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation

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