Boambee

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Plans for the second rail bridge for Boambee Ck was approved on the 9^th of November 1945.

Boambee platform was demolished June 1946

The second bridge was built up the up side of the first bridge, construction would have been not long after that.
(Supplied)

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 601.794km
Location : -30.352741, 153.103779
Opened : Station, 13 August 1917, siding 1913 (before the line opened)
Closed : June 1946 (station) 1920 (siding)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the nearby creek
Notes: The Up timber platform was 30.4 metres in length. The 1913 reference is to it opening as a construction siding and for timber.  A platform at **Boambee**, situated from Coffs Harbour between **Sondaville and Ennville Creek**, is in use for passenger and parcels traffic, also for small consignments of goods traffic.
Boambee is **unattended**, and traffic, which must be **pre-paid**, will be dealt with under **Platform and Siding conditions**. (15–36,579.) *(Source: 1917 Weekly Notices)* Platform Demolished — W.N. 27–1946
> **Page 60 — Boambee (North Coast)** — The platform at Boambee has been demolished. Delete all relative particulars.

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Boambee Creek (near Coffs Harbour) rail bridge circa 1925 (CHRM)

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Location of the station at Boambee (Six Maps)

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Boambee railway bridge, 1920 (SLNSW)

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Boambee, 1973, special train returning from Brisbane

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Goods train at Boambee, undated (State Archives)

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Train in Boambee Bridge 26 Oct 1983 after accident man run over

Sheilah Russell

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# Boambee (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1917–1946

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**Type:** Station — Platform (Closed) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Raleigh–Coffs Harbour section; between Sawtell and Coffs Harbour) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 601.794 km 
**Location:** -30.352741, 153.103779 
**Between:** Sawtell and Coffs Harbour 
**Siding opened:** **1913** — before the Coffs Harbour–Raleigh section opened (per your notes; not found in OCR) 
**Siding closed:** **1920** (per your notes) 
**Station/platform opened:** **13 August 1917** — between Sondaville (Sawtell area) and Ennville Creek (Bonville Creek); passenger and parcels traffic, small consignments of goods; unattended; prepaid; Platform and Siding conditions (ref. 15–36,579) 
**Platform:** **30.4-metre (100-foot)** Up side timber 
**Goods shunting:** 10 minutes (No. 2 Goods, 1924) 
**Station closed:** **June 1946** — platform demolished; all relative particulars deleted (W.N. 27–1946; ref. 46–60,813) 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** Named after the nearby Boambee Creek 

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> **Notes:** A siding at Boambee predated the line opening, in use from 1913 for construction or timber purposes (your notes). The platform opened **13 August 1917** — described in the WN as "between Sondaville and Ennville Creek" (i.e. between Sawtell and Bonville Creek/Bonville), consistent with the location. Unattended; traffic prepaid; Platform and Siding conditions (ref. 15–36,579). Listed as Boambee\* (unattended) in 1924 Working Timetable; 10 minutes goods shunting. The platform was demolished by June 1946 (W.N. 27–1946) — Local Appendix page 60 and all coaching rates and timetable pages updated.

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## 1917 — Platform Opened — 13 August 1917; Unattended; Prepaid; Platform and Siding Conditions

### Platform Opened — W.N. — 1917
> A platform at **Boambee**, situated from Coffs Harbour between **Sondaville and Ennville Creek**, is in use for passenger and parcels traffic, also for small consignments of goods traffic.
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> Boambee is **unattended**, and traffic, which must be **pre-paid**, will be dealt with under **Platform and Siding conditions**. (15–36,579.) *(Source: 1917 Weekly Notices)*

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## 1924 — Listed as Unattended; 10 Minutes Goods Shunting

### Timetable — 1924
> **Boambee\*** — listed as unattended in station timetable sequence.
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> No. 2 Goods: Boambee, **10 minutes**; Bonville, 10 minutes; Maharatta, 5 minutes; Repton, 8 minutes. *(Source: 1924 Weekly Notices)*

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## 1946 — Platform Demolished; All References Deleted — W.N. 27–1946

### Platform Demolished — W.N. 27–1946
> **Page 60 — Boambee (North Coast)** — The platform at Boambee has been demolished. Delete all relative particulars.
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> Page 8 of the Alphabetical List of Stations, Platforms, Sidings and Collieries; page 160 of the Coaching Rates Book; pages 229 to 233 and 251 to 256 of the Northern Working Time-table; also the official and sheet time-tables, to be amended accordingly. (46–60,813.) *(W.N. 27–1946)*

> **Page 47 — Boambee (North Coast)** — The platform has been demolished. Delete all relative particulars. *(W.N. — 1946)*

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| **1913** | **Siding opened** — before line opening (per your notes) |
| **1920** | **Siding closed** (per your notes) |
| **13 August 1917** | **Platform opened** — 30.4-metre (100-foot) Up side timber; between Sondaville and Ennville Creek; unattended; prepaid; passenger, parcels and small goods; Platform and Siding conditions (ref. 15–36,579) |
| 1924 | Listed as unattended (\*); 10 minutes goods shunting (No. 2 Goods) |
| **June 1946** | **Platform demolished** — all references deleted from Local Appendix, Coaching Rates Book and Working Timetable (W.N. 27–1946; ref. 46–60,813) |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1917–1946.* 
*Note: The 1917 WN describes Boambee as being "between Sondaville and Ennville Creek" — Sondaville being the original name for the Sawtell area and Ennville Creek being the original name for Bonville Creek (later Bonville). The siding's 1913 opening (two years before the section opened in 1915) suggests it was a construction siding used during the building of the Coffs Harbour–Raleigh section.*