Type : Platform
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 761.899km
Location : -29.205816, 152.943325
Opened : February 1935
Closed : July 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after Edward Amp who owned a property to the west of the station
Notes : The 16' long sleeper platform was on the Down side of the line. There is no settlement anywhere near the platform so was most likely associated with the adjoining property. The platform accepted goods & passengers. By May 1935 the location was serviced by N11 & N14 North Coast Mail trains on an as required basis.
Ken Date:
Would you believe that I once travelled on a train that stopped to pick up a passenger at Ampdale? It was 1971 and I was riding the Murwillumbah - South Grafton 'local' service (that connected at South Grafton with the Brisbane Express). The passenger, whom I assume must have lived on one the local properties, flagged down the driver, as they did in those days, and we stopped to pick him up. I didn't think much of it at the time in an historical sense and I was used to the trains on the Murwillumbah line stopping at long forgotten platforms to pick up/drop off passengers. However, it was exciting that the train made such a stop: you just never knew where the train might have to pull up in those days. That person might have been the only passenger in months/years to use Ampdale? I was only 12 years old but I can still clearly remember that occasion.
5908 lead a Down special near to Ampdale 25/4/1969 (Munro Collection)