Albion Park Rail, New South Wales

Suburb of City of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia

34°34′S 150°47.5′E / 34.567°S 150.7917°E / -34.567; 150.7917Population6,920 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2527LGA(s)City of ShellharbourRegionIllawarraCounty CamdenParishTerragongState electorate(s)Kiama, Shellharbour Federal division(s)Whitlam

Suburbs around Albion Park Rail:
Marshall Mount	Yallah	Haywards Bay
Calderwood	Albion Park Rail	Oak Flats
Albion Park	Croom	Dunmore

Albion Park Rail is a suburb of Shellharbour, Australia situated in the Macquarie Valley (Shellharbour). The South Coast railway line was opened to the railway station and Bombo in 1887. At the time the nearest town was Albion Park, several kilometres away. Over time, houses were built around the railway station, and Albion Park Rail developed into a town in its own right, and with its own name.

Albion Park Rail has a community area set up with a community centre, playing fields and a recently built skatepark. It only has one school but it accommodates many students from Pre-School to Year 6. Albion Park Rail is located along the shores of Lake Illawarra, near Koona Bay. It is a fifteen-minute drive on the freeway to Wollongong.

Albion Park Rail is the site of the Illawarra Regional Airport which is the location of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society.

Heritage listings

Albion Park Rail has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Princes Highway: Albion Park railway station^[2]

Museum

The Illawarra Light Railway Museum located just south of the airport is dedicated to the preservation and display of historic light railway locomotives and rolling stock. It holds regular open days featuring light and miniature train rides.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Albion Park Rail (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Albion Park Railway Station Group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01072. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

External links

Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Homepage

Suburbs of the City of Shellharbour local government area, New South Wales

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Towns, suburbs and localities	Albion Park Albion Park Rail Austinmer Avon Avondale Balarang Balgownie Barrack Heights Barrack Point Bellambi Berkeley Blackbutt Bombo Broughton Village Brownsville Bulli Burning Palms Calderwood Carrington Falls Cleveland Clifton Coalcliff Coledale Coniston Cordeaux Cordeaux Heights Corrimal Cringila Croom Curramore Dapto Darkes Forest Dombarton Dunmore East Corrimal Fairy Meadow Farmborough Heights Fernhill Figtree Flinders Foxground Gerringong Gerroa Gwynneville Haywards Bay Helensburgh Horsley Huntley Jamberoo Jerrara Kanahooka Keiraville Kembla Grange Kembla Heights Kemblawarra Kiama Kiama Downs Kiama Heights Knights Hill Koonawarra Lake Heights Lake Illawarra Lilyvale Macquarie Pass Maddens Plains Mangerton Marshall Mount Minnamurra Mount Keira Mount Kembla Mount Ousley Mount Pleasant Mount Saint Thomas Mount Warrigal North Macquarie North Wollongong Oak Flats Otford Port Kembla Primbee Rose Valley Russell Vale Saddleback Mountain Scarborough Shell Cove Shellharbour Shellharbour City Centre Spring Hill Stanwell Park Stanwell Tops Tarrawanna Thirroul Tongarra Toolijooa Towradgi Tullimbar Unanderra Upper Kangaroo Valley Warilla Warrawong Werri Beach West Wollongong Willow Vale Windang Wollongong Wombarra Wongawilli Woonona Yallah Yellow Rock
Rivers and other bodies of water	Lake Illawarra Minnamurra River Port Kembla Shoalhaven River
National parks and other nature reserves	Budderoo National Park Royal National Park Five Islands Nature Reserve
Other places and points of interest	Bulli Pass Illawarra escarpment Kangaroo Valley Macquarie Pass Saddleback Mountain