Clifton railway station, New South Wales

Clifton station opened on 3 October 1888 as North Clifton, and was renamed Clifton by 1 January 1889.^[1] Although the station was located closer to the business centre of the adjoining towns of Clifton and Scarborough, the Railway Commissioners did not provide frequent services. This meant that deliveries for residents, such as newspapers, were thrown from mail and postal trains when passing the station resulting in damaged goods constantly littering the trackside.^[2]

On the morning of 2 August 1889, a fire completely destroyed the station building and damaged the railway station. Telegraph communication which ran through the building was cut, and had to be united from either side to restore unbroken communication along the railway line.^[3]

Passenger services to Clifton station ceased on 15 August 1915, and the station was abandoned until it was reopened as an unadvertised miners only platform on 4 July 1934. It was closed again at a later date.^[1][4]

The original station consisted of a weatherboard station building holding a booking office, a general waiting room as well as a ladies' waiting room. These were all burnt down in the 1889 fire.^[5]