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Ardglen is a village on the Main North railway line and close to the New England Highway on the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. ==History== A railway station was opened there on 13 August 1877 as Doughboy Hollow, which was later renamed Ardglen on 29 June 1893. No trace of the railway station now exists.〔(Ardglen station ) NSWrail.net, accessed 15 September 2009.〕 The significant 488 metre single-track rail tunnel, ''Ardglen Tunnel'', passes through the Liverpool Range south of the former rail station site.〔(NSW Rail Net: Ardglen Tunnel ) Retrieved 2010-1-9〕 It is one of the very few remaining single-track tunnels in use. ''Doughboy Hollow'' Post Office opened on 16 November 1877, was renamed ''Ardglen'' in 1893 and closed in 1983. The former public school has now closed. The NSW Railways has been operating a hard rock quarry for over 100 years near Ardglen village.〔(Proposed Ardglen Quarry Extension ) Retrieved 2009-12-27〕 Ardglen is in the Liverpool Plains Shire local government area (LGA) and Buckland County.〔[〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ardglen, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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