Cranbrook Station, January 1985
Opened : 1889
Original Name : Cranbrook
Station History : Cranbrrok was another original station on the GSR line when it openned in 1889, the station and town was named after
the town Cranbrook in Kent, England, it is believe to be named by Mr J A Wright who was the manager of the WA Land Company, the company
who built and ran the GSR Line, from 1889 to 1896 when the WA Government bought it. Mr Wright was educated at Queen Elizabeth School,
in Cranbrook, England.
The original Station would have been demolished in the 1960's, because the current station is of the typical WAGR design used for stations built in the
1960's and early 1970's.
Original Name : Cranbrook
Station History : Cranbrrok was another original station on the GSR line when it openned in 1889, the station and town was named after
the town Cranbrook in Kent, England, it is believe to be named by Mr J A Wright who was the manager of the WA Land Company, the company
who built and ran the GSR Line, from 1889 to 1896 when the WA Government bought it. Mr Wright was educated at Queen Elizabeth School,
in Cranbrook, England.
The original Station would have been demolished in the 1960's, because the current station is of the typical WAGR design used for stations built in the
1960's and early 1970's.
Cranbrook Station, 22nd of December 2004
Cranbrook Station, 22nd of December 2004
Cranbrook Station Goods Crane (left) and Goods Platform (right), 22nd of December 2004
Cranbrook Station Master House (left) and CBH Grain Silo (right), 22nd of December 2004
Cranbrook Station, 22nd
of
December 2004
Thanks to Simon Barber for he's photo of Cranbrook station