Type : Station and crossing loop
Distance from Sydney : 203.500km
Opened : Opened as Dunmore 14 August 1911, renamed Mindaribba 1st April 1912, closed prior to June 1985 and re-opened.
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "hunter"
Notes : Originally a 76.2 metre platform with a B2 waiting shed, C1 water closet with urinal at ground level on the Down end of the yard. 27/11/1933 central interlocked loop with a loading bank added. 17/6/1985 station demolished. New station is a very short platform with no facilities. 5/8/2009 loop extended to 1598 metres. At opening a platform was provided on the Down side, and a Loop Siding on the Up side of the Main Line. The Facing Points in the Main Line and the Catch Points at each end of the siding were secured by Lever and Bracket Lock arrangements. Goods siding abolished 2nd March 1942. Station closed 15/08/2009 and re-opened on the opposite side on 25/08/2009.
Mindaribba (free use image)
5910 + 5920 north of Mindaribba on the North Coast Line with a NSW Rail Transport Museum tour train to Martins Creek, 13/8/1972 ((c) highlandrob306)
From April 1912, station renaming.
Mindaribba, 1977 (copyright on photo)
The local control panel at Mindaribba. (2003)
[Copyright: David Sweeney ]
Mindaribba (undated, uncredited)
Mindaribba first aid box
Mindaribba (Feb, 1955) (Maitland Library)
6042, down, Mindaribba, 26 November 1972. Excursion to Martins Creek
Mindaribba 15/6/85 (John Parker)
Mindaribba, 1933 layout
Mindaribba signal box, undated, uncredited
Location of Mindaribba (Google Maps)
Mindaribba, 30/6/2020 (Stephen Joseph Miller)
Ken Date - Some views of Mindaribba station. The original station (long demolished) was on the opposite side of the line. I'm not sure about that satellite dish! An unimaginable item during the electric staff era.
20/01/2022
Mindaribba, undated (Stephen Joseph Miller)
Mindaribba, March 1977 (copyright on photo)
Mindaribba 30/6/2020 (Stephen Joseph Miller)
Mindaribba, 4/3/2019 (Rob Rouse)
Mindaribba, 2021 (Stephen Lyons)
A southbound freight hauled by a 44 class diesel (is it 4445?) waits in the loop to cross two-car diesel railcar set 623/723 on a northbound Newcastle to Dungog train at Mindaribba, NSW, November 1, 1984.
6042, down, Mindaribba, 26 November 1972. Excursion to Martins Creek (John Currey)
5920 NO109 goods at Mindaribba (undated)
Mindaribba, 1968
Miniature electric staff, Mindaribba
Mindaribba signal box
SPER tour train at Mindaribba, 12/10/1968
4/10/1993 - N35 crosses N36 at Mindaribba (Munro Collection)
5920 operating tender first and leading 109 Goods passes Mindaribba, 20/6/1970 (Munro)
3661 - Down light engine passing through Mindaribba, 24/9/1966 (Munro)
3046 Up special passenger and 623/723 at Mindaribba, 1968 (Munro)
Mindaribba signal box interior, undated (Booth Collection)
18/3/1983 - N10 passing Mindaribba (Munro Collection)
Mindaribba location (hi res)
Mindaribba, 1983 (dunedoo)
Down freight at Mindaribba, 1983 (dunedoo)
Up passenger at Mindaribba, 19836 (dunedoo)
5132 #111 empty ballast Mindarriba June 1972. (Dennis Mitchell)
NT32 stopped at Mindaribba 17/12/2024. Point of interest at this platform is that the angled section closest to the train is an extension of the original which ended at the short horizontal white fence. This was added when the loop was extended and the mainline was straightrailed around 2004/5.
(Steve Shotton)
View from NT-36, the Up "Grafton XPT at Mindaribba showing the new crossing loop at right and the relocated platform now serving the main line. Previously (prior to August 2009) the loop was to the left of the main line and the platform served the loop track. Monday, 1-2-2010. (Graeme Kirkby)
A view from NT-36, Up "Grafton XPT" approaching the newly (August 2009) extended North end of Mindaribba crossing loop. (1562 metres.) A Down "Hunter" rail car to Dungog waits in the loop. Monday, 1-2-2010. (Graeme Kirkby)