Albion Park Rail, New South Wales


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:

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.

Geography

Climate

Albion Park Rail experiences a humid subtropical climate bordering on an oceanic climate with very warm, wetter summers & quite mild, drier winters. The wettest recorded day was 22 March 2011 with of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 18 January 2013 to on 15 June 2006 and 9 August 2009
Climate data has been recorded at the Illawarra Regional Airport since 1998.