Type : Station
Line : Dorrigo Branch
Distance from Sydney : 707.900km
Opened : 23 December 1924
Closed : 21st August 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the daughter of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of England.
Notes : Up side platform was 76.2 metres long with a timber waiting shed. An overhead tank was located 172 metres from the platform towards Dorrigo. On 25th November 1925 it opened as a staff station and an interlocked loop with a 274.3 metre refuge siding was added 18th October 1950. The ash pit, located at mileage 440m. 8c. was removed on 5th July, 1961. 5 ton crane decommissioned 1964.
Megan railway station 1954 (ARHS)
Megan railway station when we were young in the 1950s (note the curved roof on the toilet) (Glor Plumbe)
My dad Verdun Ward loading timber with a manual operated crane at Megan railway station yard. (Early 1940's). (Glor Plumbe)
Brims sawmill on Rodgers rd Megan, train station in background, Borhams house. Photo taken early 1950's. Original property of Albert Charles Smith my grandfather. (Glor Plumbe)
Bridge over Wild Cattle Creek at Megan under construction.
Megan yard from the Dorrigo end (2009, emddl41)
Megan Station, undated (uncredited)
Wild Cattle Creek bridge, Megan under construction (ND NSW State Archive collection)
5088 photostop at Wild Cattle Creek bridge Megan (1964 NSW State Archive collection)
Megan railway yard in 2013 (Scott S)
Wild Cattle Creek bridge, Megan (Ian Phemister)
Megan, 1986, and unencumbered by extravagances such as electric lighting, the almost as built 5069 is preparing to lift nine L cars to Dorrigo, once 3028 has been attached. In view are a wellwagon, HR1500, formerly of the Caves Express set, and a BOB set car. (5/4/86) (Peter Lee)
Location of Megan station
1954 at Megan (Dorrigo Branch) (undated)
Megan (25/04/2001) (Susan M Woodhouse).
The station has since collapsed (DSRM have done zero maintainence on any of their section of the line unlike the GMR).
Megan Station platform in late 1924, with horse drawn drays in the background that were used for the construction of the line. People on the 'platform' are Mr & Mrs J Bemie and Les Ellesmere
Megan, 1980s (Glor Plumbe)
Megan - 1 December 1996.
Megan, 1976
Megan trolley shed (Greg Lee)
Megan station, 1978 (State Archives)
Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)
Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)
Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)
Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)
Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)