Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 560.369km
Opened : 3 December 1923
Closed : 30 June 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named for the nearby creek which was (supposedly) named after a local Aboriginal tribe (Newee Newee) although only one source exists for this name. The original timber Up platform was 56.38 metres in length, later being reduced to 15.24 metres. 1940 - 5 ton gantry crane erected. 1963 - stockyards demolished. 1964 - steel and concrete loading bank constructed (still in situ).
Newee Creek station (David McGrath)
It is December 1973 and a 442 class hurries the Down North Coast Daylight Express through the small station at Newee Creek between Macksville and Nambucca Heads, NSW. (wp7713 via Flickr)
Location of the one time station (ironically on Siding Road) at Newee Creek (Six Maps)
Newee Creek 29-01-2023 (Nick Wells)
44205+442++ NL51 Newee Ck 13-04-89
Special passenger train Sydney to Roma St (Leon Batman)
Bryan Vanderstelt:
I remember that day Leon. Was it not some kind of charter for Pacific islanders going to some convention somewhere? It was a real treat soon after NL1/2 and NL3/4 getting the chop. A real "one off"!
Leon Batman:
Bryan Vanderstelt Sounds about right
Dane Graham:
NL1-4 finished in February 1990.
Bryan Vanderstelt:
Dane Graham I'll go out on a limb and say Leon's date is wrong. Pretty damn sure it was 1990 after loco the Brisbane Limited and Pacific Coast Motorail wound up.