Towrang railway station was a railway station on the Main South railway line, serving the locality of Towrang, New South Wales, Australia. It originally opened as a platform on 19 May 1869, called Mannafields after a property of the same name. On 11 March 1870 the platform was renamed Towrang. The initial platform was later replaced by a new station to the north, in 1874.Towrang station. NSWrail.net. Accessed 9 August 2009. It was an active station with a siding to load local agricultural produce. Marulan Business and Tourism Association, accessed 9 August 2009. The station closed on 9 November 1974 and was demolished in the 1980s.Oberg, L. What's in a station name?. Australian Railway History, Vol 60, no 862. August 2009. Little evidence remains of the station, although two sets of points were later installed at the site to allow access to either track at times of track maintenance.
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