In 1979, after the cessation of passenger train services in Tasmania, the Museum purchased and moved the former New Town railway station building to the site in sections, and this was completed in 1980.
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The Museum also acquired a railway turntable from Brighton and a signal cabin from the Botanical Gardens railway halt.
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