Greg Lee, 1982
Swallow at Grafton, between 1928 and 1934
Grafton bridge, between 1939 and 1945
Grafton Show.
Caption for this photograph is:
"Train load of children arriving from Coffs Harbour for Children's Day (Wednesday)." No date unfortunately
Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 698.848km
Opened : 6 November 1905
Closed : 2nd June 1974
Status : In use (yards)
Name meaning : After the Duke of Grafton
Notes : The Up side platform was 152.4 metres long, later increased to 199.33 metres. The station opened with a timber station building, goods shed, 20 ton yard crane and carriage shed. 1.12.1906 - cattle yards constructed. 20.8.1908 through type engine shed built. 15/12/1979 burnt out station demolished.
Grafton station fire (Paul Sutton)
Original Grafton station
Location of Grafton station (Google Maps)
1980 fire (Kaye Campbell-Ball)
Paul Sutton
Grafton, 1905
Prince St bridge at Grafton.
Grafton railway leases.
Grafton station yards. 25th. October 1965
NLA
Grafton (note: not South Grafton) railway station - undated postcard (State Archives)
Grafton (undated)
Grafton - undated
Grafton, 1931 (not attributed)
4454 hauling a southbound passenger train through Grafton station. This is the station on the north side of the river. Some years later, it was closed and South Grafton was renamed Grafton City. Date not recorded but likely to be mid 1960s.
GRAFTON WHARF SIDING:
When the Tweed Railway was extended from (Old) Casino to Grafton in 1905, terminating on the north side of the Clarence River, a line was laid in from the station yard to service a wharf.
The opening of the first section from South Grafton (ie, from the other side of the Clarence River) south to Glenreagh ten years later in 1915, a similar line was constructed to service a wharf.
It would seem that rolling stock was not interchanged between the two lines until 1924 when two wharves for this specific purpose were built, lasting in use until the opening of the dual purpose Clarence River road/rail bridge in 1932.
While these latter wharves were demolished shortly afterwards, the respective rail tracks to the passenger wharves seem to have remained virtually intact as storage sidings.
Certainly this was the case on the northern side when I was able to photograph the siding from the passing 3813 tour train in January 1973, with a couple of bogie vans standing on the siding.
Grafton station circa 1905 (State Archives)
First train Grafton to Casino at Grafton (State Archives)