Ropes Crossing, New South Wales

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Ropes Crossing Sydney, New South Wales
Location:	49 km (30 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Blacktown
State District:	Mount Druitt
Federal Division:	Chifley
Suburbs around Ropes Crossing: Llandilo Shanes Park Willmot Dunheved Ropes Crossing Lethbridge Park St Marys North St Marys Tregear

Ropes Crossing is a suburb of Blacktown, Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ropes Crossing is located 49 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Contents 1 History 2 Housing 3 Notes and references 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Ropes Crossing was originally part of the suburb of St Marys. The suburb is named as a crossing of Ropes Creek, a watercourse which is approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) long rising near Devils Back Tunnel and flowing north into South Creek. The creek itself was named for Anthony Rope, a First Fleet convict who it is assumed was granted land fronting the creek.^[1]

The area was the site of a World War 2 munitions area, now formerly known as Australian Defence Industries or (ADI). The area had its own railway line which was electrified in 1957. When the line first opened on the 1 May 1942, it only ran fron St Marys to Dunheved at a distance of 50.350 rail kilometres from Sydney and on the 29 June 1942 the line opened from Dunheved to Ropes Creek at 53.010 rail kilometres from Sydney.

When electrification was extended on the western line in the late 1950s a new station was built and called Cochrane and was located 52.480 rail kilometres from Sydney. The station opened on the 2 September 1957. The line was mainly munitions traffic with morning and afternoon passenger services for muntions workers. Towards the end of the line being open, the only traffic seen on the line was the occasional scrap metal trains that visited Sims Metal which was located off the Up line just south of Dunheved. Working of these trains meant that the trains worked to Dunheved where the locomotive ran around the train and proceeded back to the Sims Metal Siding to shunt loaded cars in and empties out as required.

[edit] Housing

The suburb is currently being developed for housing and will contain a regional park in the centre.

[edit] Notes and references

• NSWRail.net For dates and kilometre reference points.
• Google.com Google Earth for reference points.

[edit] References

• Ropes Crossing Housing estate

[edit] External links

• Ropes Crossing, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°43′59″S 150°47′28″E / -33.733, 150.791 (Ropes Crossing, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°43′59″S 150°47′28″E / -33.733, 150.791 (Ropes Crossing, New South Wales)

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