Briggsvale

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Type : Station
Line : Dorrigo Branch
Distance from Sydney : 701.900km
Location : -30.249394, 152.780848
Opened : 23 December 1924
Closed : 27th February 1972
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the timber mill of the same name (Briggs)
Notes : Down side platform was 30.48 metres in length. The station opened without a platform, this was constructed in March 1927. 1966 - siding extended from 299' to 379'. Abolished 1975. Briggsvale opened 23 December 1924 without a platform. Staff Drawer Locks; section Lowanna–Dorrigo; Regulation (e); controlling station Lowanna. An initial platform instruction appeared in W.N. 3–1927 which was cancelled and replaced by W.N. 5–1927 — 100-foot Down side platform at Mileage 436m 70c (V.26–16,606). Siding extended 80 feet in W.N. 19–1966 from 299 feet to 379 feet; accommodation table updated from 13 to 17 (ref. A.1–65–20,433). Circular No. 584 of 1924 (Glenreagh–Dorrigo base diagram) amended at the same time. Closed 27 February 1972 — same date as Cascade. All Local Appendix references deleted W.N. 38–1975. W.N. 5–1927

Page 49 — Briggsvale (Glenreagh–Dorrigo Branch) — A Platform, 100 feet in length, has been provided on the Down side of the line at Mileage 436m 70c.

Siding Extended — W.N. 19–1966

Briggsvale (Glenreagh–Dorrigo) — The siding which is 299 feet in the clear has been extended a further 80 feet and is now 379 feet in length.

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Briggsvale NSW - Railway sign  2016 (Sharon Rewell)

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Undated - from the book "Timber Town Histories" - Briggsvale

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Briggsvale in 2009 ( emddl41)

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Briggsvale Station, undated (uncredited)

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Briggsvale station, 2016 (Sharon Rewell)

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Briggsvale (undated, uncredited)

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Briggsvale (undated, uncredited)

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Briggsvale (undated, uncredited)

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Location of Briggsvale (Dorrigo branch)

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Briggsvale, 2020 (Richards Gwilym)

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Briggsvale, 1928 (State Archives)

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Climax loco #1 at Briggsvale (undated)

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Briggsvale, 1928 (SLNSW)

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2021? - Briggsvale Railway Station NSW (Sharon Rewell)