Metropolitan Meat Platform | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | Metropolitan Meat Platforms Metropolitan Meat Board Platform Metropolitan Meats Metro Meats | ||||||||||
| Location | Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°51′02″S151°04′12″E / 33.8505°S 151.0700°E /-33.8505; 151.0700 (Metropolitan Meat Platform railway station (closed)) | ||||||||||
| Operated by | State Rail Authority | ||||||||||
| Line | Abattoirs | ||||||||||
| Distance | 16.780 km (10.427 mi) fromCentral | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 11 January 1915 (110 years ago) (1915-01-11) | ||||||||||
| Closed | 9 November 1984 (41 years ago) (1984-11-09) | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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Metropolitan Meat Platform railway station was asuburbanrailway station located on theAbattoirs line, serving the former State Abattoirs in the modernSydney suburb ofSydney Olympic Park.
Metropolitan Meat Platform was opened on 11 January 1915, on the Abattoirs railway line which had originally opened in 1911.[1][2]
The station was opened as a result of the formation of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board of New South Wales. The board had been established as part of the"Meat Industry Act 1915", to oversee and control the slaughtering of cattle and inspect meat products. Metropolitan Meat Platform provided service for board members visiting the abattoirs.[3]
Metropolitan Meat Platform itself was rarely included in suburban rail maps, but passenger services were provided and operated byCPH railmotors, until the line north ofPippita railway station closed on 9 November 1984 including the station.[4][2][5]
As part of the construction of theSydney Olympic Park for the2000 Summer Olympics, the station was demolished and built over, with no remnants now extant.[1] TheOlympic Park railway line is built over sections of the former Abattoirs branch, both east and west of the former station.[6]
Throughout its existence, the station was referred to by a number of names, including:[7]
