Metropolitan Meat Platform railway station was a suburban railway station located on the Abattoirs line, serving the former State Abattoirs in the modern Sydney suburb of Sydney Olympic Park.

History Metropolitan Meat Platform was opened on 11 January 1915, on the Abattoirs railway line which had originally opened in 1911.Metropolitan Meat Platforms railway station NSWrail.net, accessed 18 August 2024Abattoirs railway line NSWrail.net, accessed 19 August 2024

The station was opened as a result of the formation of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board of New South Wales. The board had been established as part of the "Meat Industry Act 1915", to oversee and control the slaughtering of cattle and inspect meat products. Metropolitan Meat Platform provided service for board members visiting the abattoirs.METROPOLITAN MEAT INDUSTRY BOARD Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW: 1901-2001). Trove. National Library of Australia. 15 June 1917, accessed 18 August 2024

Metropolitan Meat Platform itself was rarely included in suburban rail maps, but passenger services were provided and operated by CPH railmotors, until the line north of Pippita railway station closed on 9 November 1984 including the station."Sydney-Newcastle Suburban & Interurban Timetable" State Rail Authority of New South Wales June 1984 page 120"Goodbye Tin Hare" Railway Digest February 1985 page 40

As part of the construction of the Sydney Olympic Park for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the station was demolished and built over, with no remnants now extant. The Olympic Park railway line is built over sections of the former Abattoirs branch, both east and west of the former station.Olympic Park railway line NSWrail.net, accessed 19 August 2024

Name Throughout its existence, the station was referred to by a number of names, including:New South Wales railways : diagram map, 1951 / issued by the Commissioner for Railways. Trove, National Library of Australia. 1951, accessed 19 August 2024 Metropolitan Meat Platform Metropolitan Meat Platforms Metropolitan Meat Board Platform Metropolitan Meats Metro Meats

See also

Olympic Park railway station, Sydney

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