Chidlow's Well Station, c1880's
Opened
: 11th of March 1884 (closed 13 Feb 1966)
Original Name : Chidlow’s Well (1884 - 1920), Chidlow (1920 to 1966)
Station History : Chidlow Station was the terminating point on the eastern railway after the line was extended from Guildford in 1884.
Before the Mundaring Weir had been thought of, Chidlow was the main town in the Hills area, Chidlow was situated on the main road to
Northam and eventually by 1886, it would be connected to York by Railway. However after the Mundaring weir project had started,
workers from all around had converged on Mundaring, to work on the weir project, Mundaring then grew from just being a siding on the
Eastern Railway, to a main service centre for the hills district, as it had to accomodate the many workers living in the town and at the weir
construction site.
Even though Chidlow was no longer the main town in the district, it still remained an important stop along the Eastern
Railway, it was also the end of double tracks which ran up through the Mahogany Creek Deviation from Midland.
Chidlow, had a resonable sized yard, with a water tower and a turntable, the Station building was quite large for a hills station, it actually remained
at the station site for many years after the closure of the line, how ever due to the work of vandals, the station was eventually demolished in the
1970's (I think).
Today, not much is left at the Chidlow Station site, some concrete foundations can be seen in the park where the station yard once was located, plus some
information boards give information and show some pics, as to what the station once looked like. Some local art has been erected in the park, pretty much
at the exact site of where the station once was.... the art is a metal sculpture of a train (seen in the last pic on this page).
A Model layout of Chidlow Station, constructed by a local Model Railway association, on display, 5th of June 2004
(This model shows Chidlow at it's height, with a very large station building, signal cabin, railway yard, turn table, goods shed and pedestrian footbridge)
A Model layout of Chidlow Station, constructed by a local Model Railway association, on display, 5th of June 2004
(This model shows Chidlow at it's height, with a very large station building, signal cabin, railway yard, turn table, goods shed and pedestrian footbridge)
A Model layout of Chidlow Station, constructed by a local Model Railway association, on display, 5th of June 2004
(This model shows Chidlow at it's height, with a very large station building, signal cabin, railway yard, turn table, goods shed and pedestrian footbridge)
Chidlow Station Site, 26th of June 2005
Original Name : Chidlow’s Well (1884 - 1920), Chidlow (1920 to 1966)
Station History : Chidlow Station was the terminating point on the eastern railway after the line was extended from Guildford in 1884.
Before the Mundaring Weir had been thought of, Chidlow was the main town in the Hills area, Chidlow was situated on the main road to
Northam and eventually by 1886, it would be connected to York by Railway. However after the Mundaring weir project had started,
workers from all around had converged on Mundaring, to work on the weir project, Mundaring then grew from just being a siding on the
Eastern Railway, to a main service centre for the hills district, as it had to accomodate the many workers living in the town and at the weir
construction site.
Even though Chidlow was no longer the main town in the district, it still remained an important stop along the Eastern
Railway, it was also the end of double tracks which ran up through the Mahogany Creek Deviation from Midland.
Chidlow, had a resonable sized yard, with a water tower and a turntable, the Station building was quite large for a hills station, it actually remained
at the station site for many years after the closure of the line, how ever due to the work of vandals, the station was eventually demolished in the
1970's (I think).
Today, not much is left at the Chidlow Station site, some concrete foundations can be seen in the park where the station yard once was located, plus some
information boards give information and show some pics, as to what the station once looked like. Some local art has been erected in the park, pretty much
at the exact site of where the station once was.... the art is a metal sculpture of a train (seen in the last pic on this page).
A Model layout of Chidlow Station, constructed by a local Model Railway association, on display, 5th of June 2004
(This model shows Chidlow at it's height, with a very large station building, signal cabin, railway yard, turn table, goods shed and pedestrian footbridge)
A Model layout of Chidlow Station, constructed by a local Model Railway association, on display, 5th of June 2004
(This model shows Chidlow at it's height, with a very large station building, signal cabin, railway yard, turn table, goods shed and pedestrian footbridge)
A Model layout of Chidlow Station, constructed by a local Model Railway association, on display, 5th of June 2004
(This model shows Chidlow at it's height, with a very large station building, signal cabin, railway yard, turn table, goods shed and pedestrian footbridge)
Chidlow Station Site, 26th of June 2005
Local
art, in the park where Chidlow Station once stood, 26th of June 2005
