Stations of the North Coast Line

Tasmania => Western Line => Nietta Line => Topic started by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:23:26 AM

Title: Nietta
Post by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:23:26 AM
Type : Station
Line : Nietta Line
Distance from Ulverstone : 034.100km
Location : -41.354052, 146.057132
Opened : 20th December 1915
Closed : 7th December 1955
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word for "little brother"
Notes : Facilities included a manned station, two loop sidings, stockyard, goods shed, coal stage, water tank, ash pit, engine shed, log loading facilities, a triangle (wye) and three cottages.
Title: Re: Nietta
Post by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:23:56 AM
Nietta station yard looking south, the one remaining station cottage on the LHS, by Bill Field 2012
Title: Re: Nietta
Post by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:24:23 AM
Nietta station. Photo from Ulverstone History Museum. date and photographer not known. Pulpwood stacks so probably 1940s or 50s.
Title: Re: Nietta
Post by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:26:01 AM
Remains of the foundations, Nietta station building. (Bill Field)
Title: Re: Nietta
Post by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:27:41 AM
Remains of Nietta rail station. (Roby Nibbs, Feb 2025)
Title: Re: Nietta
Post by: admin on September 22, 2026, 11:31:46 AM
Location of the station, LISTmap
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