Stations of the North Coast Line

North Coast Branch Lines => Dorrigo Branch => Topic started by: admin on November 12, 2022, 05:35:09 PM

Title: Leigh
Post by: admin on November 12, 2022, 05:35:09 PM
Type : Station
Line : Dorrigo Branch
Distance from Sydney : 711.400km
Opened : 23 December 1924
Closed : 1st December 1957 (to passengers), 1975 formally.
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the Parish it is sited in.
Notes : 20.1 metre platform
Title: Re: Leigh
Post by: admin on November 12, 2022, 05:35:41 PM
Leigh platform shortly after closure of the Dorrigo line in 1972 (SRA Archives)
Title: Re: Leigh
Post by: admin on November 12, 2022, 05:35:57 PM
Leigh Station, 1986 (uncredited)
Title: Re: Leigh
Post by: admin on November 12, 2022, 05:36:17 PM
Location of Leigh platform (Dorrigo branch) (Six Maps)
Title: Re: Leigh
Post by: admin on November 12, 2022, 05:37:37 PM
An interesting comment I came across in another group I run, someone commented that the women who lived in Leigh and Megan on the Dorrigo branch used to catch the train to Coffs Harbour (this would have been 1930s) on a Monday morning to do their shopping, returning on Tuesday afternoon. This would have neccesitated a chage at Glenreagh in both directions. These days Coffs is less than an hour's drive each way.
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