The formerly electrified line, which boasted three stations (Dunheved, Cochrane and Ropes Creek), has been truncated at the Sims Metal recycling facility on Christie Street, Dunheved, and all track and overhead wiring beyond that point has been removed.
Ropes Creek railway station was under threat of extinction due to earthworks associated with the construction of local roads, and the expansion of the new suburb of Ropes Crossing, New South Wales was well under way.
At 8 June 2009, Ropes Creek station platform has been heavily excavated and shortened to approximately 50 m, with only the area containing the overhead footbridge and platform buildings remaining and fenced off from public access. This has been designated a heritage area. Within this fenced off area, signals (both semaphore and colour light) along with other various pieces of track-side equipment was dumped in piles with no regard to their heritage importance. A large sign on the fence indicated that the station would be part of a proposed "Cultural Park".
During 2014, the remnants of the station were converted to a local park for Ropes Crossing residents, with the remaining platform, overhead beams, rail tracks and old machinery featured as design elements. The park also displays two reproduction station signs on the platform reading "Ropes Creek Station". Source: Wikipedia
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