Penrose railway station

Penrose railway station is a station located on the Southern Highlands Line. The station consists of 2 platforms, in a double side formation. Access to the station is provided from Penrose Road and Kareela Road.

History
The construction contract for the Exeter to Tallong section was awarded to Robert Forster & James Roberts on 13 January 1864, and the single line opened from Moss Vale to Marulan on 6 August 1868. The station opened as an unnamed loop in 1869 renamed Cables Siding [timetable of 1 June 1871] ; it was renamed Penrose on 27 June 1897; and relocated to a new site on 15 March 1916. On 19 December 1915 the line was duplicated from Kareela to Tallong.

The name Penrose was first suggested by Mrs Hammond, an early pioneer from Cornwall in England. Penrose was the name of a Cornish family well known to her. Mr P Rush of the Cables Siding Progress Association requested the Department of Railways to change the name of the place to Penrose and this suggestion was approved. The Government town of Penrose was not named until 31 May 1911, the name coming from that of the railway station.