Guyra

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Type : Station
Line : Main North line/Dorrigo branch
Distance from Sydney : 621.800km
Opened : 19 August 1884
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "white cockatoo" or "fishing place"

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Turning of the first sod on the Guyra to Dorrigo railway on Saturday 19th October 1928. Some 3,000 people witnessed the event. Work was halted in 1932 during the Depression and never re-started. About 13km of embankments and cuttings from the Guyra end are the only evidence of the line.

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1943 aerial photograph of the formation of the Guyra to Dorrigo line leaving the main north on the northern edge of Guyra.

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End of the Guyra-Dorrigo extension near the Guyra-Ebor road crossing in 1980. Only 13km of cuttings and embankments were completed before work halted permanently. 1980 - John Currey

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Location of Guyra (Six Maps)

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October 20th, 1928 - turning the first sod at Guyra of the Dorrigo-Guyra railway.

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Path of the proposed Dorrigo - Guyra line that would have bridged the Main North and North Coast lines

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Is it any wonder the line wasn't completed!

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Formation near Guyra, 1984