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Title: Park Beach
Post by: admin on February 10, 2022, 11:48:50 AM

Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 609.126km
Opened : 18 July 1925
Closed : 30 June 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the nearby beach and reserve
Notes : A 76.2 metre Up side platform, there appears to have been no shelter constructed. The station served the Park Beach camping reserve and appears to have only ever been used for railway employee and family and excurcision special trains. The original station was demolished and rebuilt following the construction of the new Park Beach bridge in the 1950s.

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Post by: admin on February 10, 2022, 11:49:16 AM

Park Beach bridge, 1982 (Greg Lee)

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Post by: admin on February 13, 2022, 07:51:13 AM

Park Beach Coffs Harbour
Box Railway Bridge (Sharon Rewell)

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Post by: admin on May 10, 2022, 10:18:46 AM

Park Beach platform (near Coffs Harbour) - closed in 1974 (Peter Burr)

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Post by: admin on May 10, 2022, 10:19:06 AM

Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954) Thursday 26 November 1936

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Post by: admin on May 10, 2022, 10:19:33 AM

Location of the one-time platform at Park Beach

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Post by: admin on May 10, 2022, 10:21:17 AM

Photos of Coffs Harbour's Park Beach platform are vanishingly rare (I'm only aware of one other) (1974, Coffs Advocate)

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Post by: admin on May 15, 2023, 12:42:55 PM

Location of Park Beach, 15/5/23 (Jack Cook)

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Post by: admin on September 17, 2023, 03:51:28 PM

Park Beach station can be seen above the bridge works in this shot (State Archives)

Stations of the North Coast Line

The North Coast Line => Coffs Harbour to Grafton => Topic started by: admin on February 10, 2022, 11:48:50 AM