Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 750.851km
Location : -29.296007456559867, 152.97591252672382
Opened : 6 November 1905
Closed : 30 June 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After an Aboriginal word meaning "fine"
Notes : This station opened without a name - simply called "platform" at the time. Changed to South Camira in December 1906, then to Whiporie 25/08/1910 (WN 35/1910). The 30.48 metre timber platform was on the Up side. A loading bank (which still exists) was added 15/9/1925. The 1913 drawing states "muck platform" with timber facing up to platform height - basically built of spoil and garbage. 17th March 1925 - goods siding with standing room of 266' on the Down side opened (WN 11/1925), the siding was initially for construction purposes only (WN 13/1925) and had a 60' loading bank - the remains of which still exist. 1935 - a (portable) pig race provided adjacent to loading bank, this was removed in 1939, the goods siding was abolished in 1961. Whiporie had an unattended level crossing. Whiporie was one of the stations mass culled in 1974.
Remains of loading bank at Whiporie
Location of Whiporie station (Six Maps)
The bridge just south of the station site. (Ian Douglas)
The remains of a loading bank south of the level crossing. (3/9/14) (Ian Douglas)
Whiporie, 2022 (Richards Gwilym)
Undated, D53 leading a goods train at Whiporie (State Archives)
Whiporie (undated, State Archives)
5908 leads a Down tour train past Whiporie station on 25/4/1969 (Munro Collection)
4427 on No.3 Down Brisbane Express at Whiporie on 7th November 1970 (George Stevens)
Whiporie, Oct 2024, view towards the old loading bank
21/2/1921 - Daily Examiner - request to paint the railway gates white rather than red