Deepwater Railway Station

31/08/2026

Around 40 people attended the "soft open" of the station on Saturday afternoon with food, w**e, live music and good company. Thanks to the organisers and to everyone who came along. It's great to see local community support for our station. We are really looking forward to starting repairs and renovations, and getting our museum going. A bright future ahead!

24/08/2026

HAPPY 140th! The Deepwater Railway Station was officially opened on 1st September 1886. (We're getting in a week early with the birthday wishes, because it's a bit exciting and we wanted to share!)

The station building is now open at selected times throughout the week, so call in and take a look at the "before" state while we wait to start restoration work.

17/08/2026

Heritage train taking on water at Deepwater railway station, 1980s
A.R photo

05/08/2026

A painting of our railway station by former local Gay Andersen.

(Kindly donated by Cath Wheatley.)

15/07/2026

The railway station will be opening on a trial basis on a Monday and Friday from 9am to 3pm. This is a perfect opportunity for locals and visitors to see inside the building for the first time in more than a decade! Come and take a look at the "BEFORE" station, before we start repairing and renovating.

The railway station will be open to the public on a Monday and Friday 9am to 3pm from next week. Any volunteers to join the roster please contact us - we would love to open every day.

11/07/2026

Thanks to the Big Lift crew from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) for their help cleaning and tidying at the station during their recent visit to Deepwater 👍🏼

25/06/2026

We have the keys! 🗝️🔐🔑 A very big thank you to all of our rail subcommittee members. Pictured (left to right): Joe Nichols, Tricia Stack, Jo Green, David Gibbs, Stu O'Neill, Jenelle Wright, Chris McIntosh and Willem van der Heul. Also, Richard Moon, Charles Kilby and Keith Hunter.

If you'd like to be involved in restoring your local railway station, and helping us set up a small rail museum, get in touch with the Progress Association.

(Photo by Willem van der Heul.)

15/06/2026

The Deepwater Progress Association has now signed a licence agreement to occupy the Deepwater Railway Station. This is the result of two years of work by the rail subcommittee (the "Deepwater Railway Historical Society") and means the local community now has access to our station again after about 17 years of sitting vacant. Now the real work can begin! We'll keep you updated on further work at the station.

Article in the New England Times (with one minor correction: Chris McIntosh is not the Progress Association president)...

After years of sitting vacant, the Deepwater Railway Station is set to come back to life, with the Deepwater Progress Association securing a formal licence to occupy the heritage-listed building. After years of sitting vacant, the Deepwater Railway Station is set to come back to life, with the Deepw...

28/05/2026

EXCITING NEWS COMING SOON... Stay tuned!

29/04/2026

UPDATE! Earlier this year, Council formerly called for expressions of interest from local community groups to occupy the Deepwater Railway Station.

The Deepwater Railway Historical Society (a subcommittee of the Deepwater Progress Association) has submitted an EOI. The EOI period is now closed. We await a final decision from Council, which should follow the next ordinary meeting of Council on 28th May.

Fingers crossed! 🤞🏼