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Title: Nooroo
Post by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:18:59 AM

Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 262.851km
Opened : Opened 5 February 1913
Closed : 29 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "dark"
Notes : Opened with a 76.2 metre long timber platform. 28/6/1944 central interlocked 438 metre loop added. 1945 PBK type cottage for railway staff added. 1954 5 tonne gantry crane from Grafton transferred to site. 10/4/1963 closed as a crossing and train station. 13/9/66 platform truncated to 25.9 metres. 17/5/1984 residence demolished.

Title: Re: Nooroo
Post by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:19:28 AM

Approval notice in 1912 for the construction of a platform at Nooroo. Dungog Chronicle 19/4/12

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Post by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:19:53 AM

Location of Nooroo station (Six Maps)

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Post by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:20:19 AM

23/06/1954 - Dungog Chronicle

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Post by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:20:43 AM

5377 on a goods from Taree to Broadmeadow in May 1969 at Nooroo. (copyright on image)

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Post by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:21:12 AM

Location of Nooroo (undated, uncredited)

Title: Re: Nooroo
Post by: admin on May 04, 2022, 02:33:35 PM

4473 Nooroo 14-02-1981 (Bob Richardson)

Title: Re: Nooroo
Post by: admin on June 28, 2025, 08:03:00 AM

Remnants of the past:
All that remains,
Nooroo, old gate keepers house or what's left.
June 2025
Greg Riddel

Stations of the North Coast Line

The North Coast Line => Burrow's Siding to Gloucester => Topic started by: admin on April 27, 2021, 08:18:59 AM