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Bankstown Railway Station (RAILWAY STATION), NSW Details
Description
A railway station on the City Bankstown Lidcombe Line. It is about 1.5 SE by S of Yagoona Railway Station and about 2km WNW of Punchbowl Railway Station.
Origin
BANKSTOWN Opened 14/4/1909 The construction name was Chapel Road. Named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Botanist with Captain James Cook Governor Hunter selected a site for a town there in 1798 and named it Banks Town.
Bankstown Railway Station (RAILWAY STATION), NSW
| title | Bankstown Railway Station (RAILWAY STATION) |
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| state | NSW |
| reference | 2532 |
| placename | Bankstown Railway Station |
| designation | RAILWAY STATION |
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| lga | BANKSTOWN |
| description | A railway station on the City Bankstown Lidcombe Line. It is about 1.5 SE by S of Yagoona Railway Station and about 2km WNW of Punchbowl Railway Station. |
| meaning | |
| origin | BANKSTOWN Opened 14/4/1909 The construction name was Chapel Road. Named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Botanist with Captain James Cook Governor Hunter selected a site for a town there in 1798 and named it Banks Town. |
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