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Title: Yongurra
Post by: admin on April 20, 2021, 10:45:57 AM

Type : Station
Station Number : L39A
Distance from Sydney : 832.328km
Location : -28.632375, 153.002327
Opened : 31 May 1926
Closed : 4 May 1964
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "iguana"
Notes : 4.87 metre long timber platform was on the Down side. The Brisbane Express still stopped here as late as 1964. The site has been entirely obliterated by roadworks.

Title: Re: Yongurra
Post by: admin on April 20, 2021, 10:46:38 AM

Yongurra Level Crossing Kyogle 1946 changing signal lamps rare old photos some of those ladders were very shaky on signal posts with a couple of lights in hand. (Wal Browning)

Title: Re: Yongurra
Post by: admin on April 20, 2021, 10:48:54 AM

Yongurra track diagram, 1930

Title: Re: Yongurra
Post by: admin on April 20, 2021, 10:50:03 AM

Yongurra gates in the 1940s, note the tent that gatekeepers stayed in (Wal Browning)

Title: Re: Yongurra
Post by: admin on March 07, 2026, 11:22:45 AM

Yongurra overbridge construction, the small platform can be seen at the left.

Photo : Boyle Family, (Peter Leonard's "A Real Railway")

Title: Re: Yongurra
Post by: admin on August 06, 2026, 05:49:29 AM

Yongurra 23 August 1961. NSW State Archives.

Stations of the North Coast Line

The North Coast Line => Casino Meat Works Siding to Kyogle => Topic started by: admin on April 20, 2021, 10:45:57 AM