Early stage planning for Outer Sydney Orbital, a transport corridor travelling from Marsden Park, New South Wales in the north, to Menangle, New South Wales in the south, clearly shows a rail line turning to pass through the vicinity of the Dunheved railway station, possibly due to future shipping requirements of the area to relieve current road transport. The line then returns to the main corridor, and does not continue to Ropes Crossing. Station buildings The station buildings along the line were built from different materials. Dunheved station was a weatherboard building in which the station master's office/booking office, waiting room and store room was destroyed when vandals broke in and set it on fire on the evening of 20 November 1983. It had a 32 lever frame to operate signals and points. Cochrane station was classed as unattended with no booking office facilities and a roadway bridge over the middle of the station. It had a waiting room on platform 1 (up branch) and awnings over both platforms. Ropes Creek station was of weatherboard construction, commonly used at the time by the NSWGR. It had a 40 lever frame to operate signals and points. It had a waiting room and toilet facilities. At the foot of the stairs, a small weatherboard structure was provided for station staff to stand in while tickets were collected. In June 2011, the station building was destroyed by fire. There is now a notice at the southern end of the site indicating that an historical centre may be erected. See also Holsworthy railway line References Sydney's Forgotten Military Railways by John Oakes. Retrieved 2010-01-05. External links Recollections by former Dunheved station signalman Pictures of cars used by the NSW Fire Brigade Closed railway lines in Sydney Railway lines opened in 1942 Railway lines closed in 1986 Standard gauge railways in Australia 1942 establishments in Australia 1986 disestablishments in Australia