Myocum

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 895.119km
Location : -28.581091, 153.514113
Opened : 20 February 1897 (as a siding), platform opened in November 1897
Closed : 30 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "sunrise" or "dawn" and after the property it ran through owned by Henry McCaulay.
Notes : Yet another of the locations that was moved on the line (this one by 46.3 metres). The Down side platform was 70.7 metres in length. A waiting shed was added on 7/6/1913. Goods siding abolished — 20 April 1937. 1964 - Pig loading facilities removed. Myocum Yard (895.318 km) deleted from all publications — final railway record entry (WN 12/1987).

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Location of Myocum station (Six Maps)

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Myocum station, 2020 (uncredited)

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NSW 44215+44216 N4 GCM Myocum 16-01-1990 (Bob Richardson)

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Looking UP at the start of the 410m radius curve at the 895.119km (Geoff Bensley)

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Looking DOWN from same location as previous UP photo. Part of the 410m radius curve (Geoff Bensley)

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Not far from what was once Myocum Station . (Geoff Bensley)

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Standing at the site of Myocum station, October 1992. 3km S of Mullumbimby, looking toward Byron Bay. (Dane Graham)

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NRR train near Myocum (just beyond the curve), mid-90's. (Dane Graham)

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# Myocum (Casino–Murwillumbah Branch)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1897–1989

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**Type:** Station (later Platform) 
**Line:** Murwillumbah Branch (Casino–Murwillumbah) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 895.119 km 
**Mileage (Working TT):** 556m 19c (yard at 895.318 km per 1987 deletion) 
**Between:** Tyagarah and Mullumbimby 
**Opened:** 20 February 1897 (as a siding); platform opened November 1897 
**Closed:** 30 June 1975 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** Aboriginal word meaning "sunrise" or "dawn"; also after the property of Henry McAulay through which the line ran 

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> **Notes:** One of several locations on the line that was physically relocated — moved 46.3 metres. The Down side platform was 70.7 metres in length. A waiting shed was added on 7 June 1913. The siding was abolished in April 1937 and the station reclassified to a platform (P). The platform was closed 30 June 1975 though the yard mileage marker persisted until deleted in 1987.

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## 1897 — Siding Opened

### Myocum Siding Opened
> **"Myocum" Siding, Lismore Line** — "Myocum," a new siding on the Lismore Line, situated **between Tyagarah and Mullumbimby**, and distant **30 miles 60 chains from Lismore**, is now open for traffic. (W 763.)

*(Source: 1897 Weekly Notices)*

> **Note:** The OCR renders "Lismore" as "Liembre" and "Myocum" as "Myoourl" — both are clearly OCR misreads of the original text. The mileage of 30m 60c from Lismore is consistent with the line's geography. The platform opening followed in November 1897 per external records.

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## 1913 — Waiting Shed Added; Siding Ground Frame Installed

### Waiting Shed — 7 June 1913
> A waiting shed added at Myocum on **7 June 1913**.

*(Per external records — no specific Weekly Notice entry found for this.)*

### Ground Frame Installed at Siding
> **Myocum (Grafton–Tweed Line)** — On Thursday, **14th August, 1913**, at 4 p.m., the Facing Points in the Main Line, Facing Point Lock to same, and the Catch-points in the siding, will be worked from a **Ground Frame fixed near the Main Line Points**, and must be operated in accordance with Regulation D on page 27 of the General Appendix.
>
> The lock on the Facing Point Lock Lever is unlocked by **key attached to the Ordinary Train Staff for the section Byron Bay–Mullumbimby**.

*(Source: 1913 Weekly Notices)*

> **Note:** This is the same simplification carried out at Tyagarah three days earlier (11th August). Both sidings were converted to ground frame working simultaneously, controlled by the same train staff section.

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## 1924 — Listed in Working Timetable

### Station Sequence
> Myocum (P) listed in station sequence: Tyagarah (P), **Myocum (P)**, Mullumbimby, Billinudgel (P), Yelgun (P), Crabbe's Creek (P), Mooball (P), Burringbar, Upper Burringbar (P), Stoker's Siding (P), Dunbible (P), Murwillumbah, Namoona (P).

*(Source: 1924 Working Timetable listing)*

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## 1925 — Working Time Allowances

### Mixed Train — 5 Minutes Allowed at Myocum
> No. 38 (Up goods/mixed) is allowed **5 minutes Myocum**, 5 minutes Tyagarah, 5 minutes Quarries Siding, 10 minutes St. Helena and 5 minutes Binna Burra for work.

*(Source: 1925 Weekly Notices — repeated in multiple issues)*

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## 1926 — Timetable Times

### Down Train — Byron Bay to Murwillumbah
> Byron Bay dep. 11.30 a.m., Quarry Siding arr. 11.38 a.m. dep. 11.39 a.m., Tyagarah arr. 11.42 a.m. dep. 11.46 a.m., **Myocum arr. 11.52 a.m. dep. 11.56 a.m.**, Mullumbimby arr. 12.0 noon, cross No. 16, dep. 12.7 p.m., Billinudgel arr. 12.17 p.m. dep. 12.24 p.m., Crabbe's Creek arr. 12.34 p.m. dep. 12.38 p.m., Mooball arr. 12.42 p.m. dep. 12.50 p.m., Burringbar arr. 12.53 p.m. dep. 12.59 p.m., Upper Burringbar arr. 1.4 p.m. dep. 1.9 p.m., Stokers arr. 1.20 p.m. dep. 1.26 p.m., Dunbible arr. 1.31 p.m. dep. 1.36 p.m., Murwillumbah arr. 1.45 p.m.

*(Source: 1926 Weekly Notices — timetable amendment, repeated in multiple issues throughout the year)*

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## 1931 — Working Allowances; Yard and Private Sidings Listed

### Up Goods — 10 Minutes Allowed at Myocum
> No. 50 (Up goods) is allowed: ... 2 minutes Yelgun, **10 minutes Myocum**, 8 minutes Tyagarah, 2 minutes Quarry Siding, 3 minutes St. Helena ...

*(Source: 1931 Weekly Notices)*

### Myocum Yard — Listed in Private Sidings Table
> Siding sequence listing (extract): 
> Timm's (Private) — 552m 76c 
> Tyagarah Yard — 553m 25c — Y 
> Kenwick Road — 553m 52c — C 
> Mellor's (Private) — 554m 69c 
> Woodford's (Private) — 555m 64c 
> McCauley's (Private) — 556m 32c 
> **Myocum Yard — 556m 19c** — P [platform] 
> [unnamed] — 556m 26c — Y [yard] 
> Public (Laverty's) — 557m 36c — U 
> Frost's (Private) — 557m 66c 
> Mullumbimby Yard — 557m 75c

*(Source: 1931 Weekly Notices — intermediate siding/yard listing)*

> **Note:** The adjacent private sidings McCauley's (556m 32c) may relate to Henry McAulay's property — the OCR rendering "McCauley's" is a plausible misread of "McAulay's," and the mileage places it immediately adjacent to Myocum Yard, consistent with the station being named after that property.

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## 1932 — Listed in Station Sequence and Distance Table

### Station Sequence
> Quarry (P) — Tyagarah (P) — **Myocum (P)** — Mullumbimby — Billinudgel (P) — Yelgun (P) — Crabbe's Creek (P) — Mooball (P) — Burringbar — Upper Burringbar (P) — Stokers (P) — Dunbible (P) — Murwillumbah.

*(Source: 1932 Working Timetable listing)*

### Distance Table
> Tyagarah — 557 miles 
> **Myocum — 559 miles** 
> Mullumbimby — 559 miles 
> Hollingsworth Sawmill Siding — 563 miles 
> Billinudgel — 565 miles

*(Source: 1932 distance table)*

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## 1937 — Siding Abolished; Reclassified to Platform

### Siding Abolished — 20 April 1937
> **Myocum (Casino–Murwillumbah) — Abolition of Siding** — On Tuesday, **20th April, 1937**, between 7.30 a.m. and 4.0 p.m., the connections leading from the Main line to the siding will be removed and the siding abolished.
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> Circular No. 513–53 of 1936 (Byron Bay–Murwillumbah) and diagrams attached thereto are to be amended accordingly.

*(W.N. 16–1937)*

### Reclassified to Platform
> **Myocum** — Insert letter **(P)**, as Goods Siding has been abolished.

*(W.N. 18–1937)*

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## 1954 — Electoral/Shire Boundary

### Shire of Byron — Nashua to Myocum
> **Shire of Byron** — Nashua to **Myocum**, inclusive; Billinudgel and Yelgun.

*(Source: 1954 Weekly Notices — Public Holiday and Electoral schedules)*

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## 1959 — Sleeper Platform — Between Tyagarah and Myocum; Load Restriction

### Sleeper Platform for School Children — Between Tyagarah and Myocum
> **Between Tyagarah and Myocum — Sleeper Platform** — A sleeper platform measuring **16 ft. × 8 ft.** is provided on the Up side of the line at **Mileage 554m. 69c.** between Tyagarah and Myocum, for use of school children travelling by trains specified in the Working Timetable. The platform is **un-named**.

*(W.N. 9 and 13–1959)*

### Load Restriction — Tyagarah–Myocum Section
> **Tyagarah–Myocum** — load restriction code **p23a** applies.

*(Source: 1959 Working Timetable — load restriction table)*

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## 1962–1963 — Speed Board Sections

> Speed board sections noted: 
> **Tyagarah–Myocum** — 554m 52c (1962 and 1963) 
> **Myocum–Mullumbimby** — 556m 37c (1962 and 1963); 557m 76c — 15 mph (1963)

*(Source: 1962 and 1963 Working Timetables — speed boards)*

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## 1964 — Pig Truck Yards Removed

### Pig Truck Yards Removed
> **Myocum (Casino–Murwillumbah Branch)** — The pig truck yards at Myocum have been removed.
>
> Delete "L" in column "Goods and Livestock Freight to be Prepaid" and "Pt" in column "Sheep, Pig and Cattle Races."

*(W.N. 24–1964)*

> **Note:** The removal of pig yards in 1964 — 27 years after the goods siding was abolished — confirms that livestock handling continued at Myocum long after the siding closure, using platform-side facilities. Their removal in 1964 marks the effective end of goods traffic at the location.

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## 1971 — Speed Board Locations

> **Tyagarah–Myocum**: 554m 52c 
> **Myocum–Mullumbimby**: 556m 37c and 557m 76c

*(Source: 1971 Working Timetable — speed boards)*

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## 1973 — Local Appendix; Speed Boards; Deletion Schedule

### Local Appendix — Page 70
> **Page 70 — Naughton's Gap, North Lismore, and Myocum** listed in Local Appendix, Northern Division.

*(W.N. 40–1973)*

### Listed in Deletion Schedule — Not Yet Deleted
> Myocum listed alongside other platforms being reviewed for deletion — Naughton's Gap, Woodlawn, Bexhill, Crabbe's Creek, Bentley, Tuncester, Eltham, Mooball, North Lismore, Talofa, Stokers, Woodlawn College, St Helena — **Myocum retained at this point**.

*(W.N. 40–1973)*

### Speed Board — Byron Bay–Myocum Section
> **Byron Bay–Myocum**: 548m 65c, 548m 68c, 554m 49c, 554m 52c

*(Source: 1973 Working Timetable — speed boards)*

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## 1975 — Closed

> Myocum closed **30 June 1975** — the platform is listed in the 1975 deletion notices (W.N. 26–1975) alongside Talofa, St Helena, Booyong, Bexhill, Eltham, and Woodlawn College as platforms deleted from all publications.

*(W.N. 26–1975 — see also Talofa file)*

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## 1987 — Myocum Yard Deleted from Publications

### Myocum Yard — Deleted
> **Casino–Murwillumbah** — Delete: **Myocum Yard — 895.318 km — Y**.

*(W.N. 12–1987)*

> **Note:** The yard marker at 895.318 km (556m 19c) persisted in railway publications for **12 years** after the platform closed in 1975, reflecting the continued use of the location as a reference point for track maintenance and working purposes. Its deletion in 1987 marks the final disappearance of Myocum from the railway record.

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| 20 February 1897 | Siding opened as "Myocum Siding" on the Lismore Line (30m 60c from Lismore) |
| November 1897 | Platform opened |
| 7 June 1913 | Waiting shed added |
| 14 August 1913 | Ground frame installed at siding — unlocked by Byron Bay–Mullumbimby train staff (W.N. — August 1913) |
| 1924 | Listed as platform (P) in working timetables |
| 1925 | 5 minutes allowed for mixed train goods work |
| 1926 | Down train: Myocum arr. 11.52 a.m. dep. 11.56 a.m. — 4 minutes dwell time |
| 1931 | 10 minutes allowed for Up goods; Myocum Yard listed at 556m 19c; adjacent "McCauley's" (McAulay's?) private siding at 556m 32c |
| W.N. 16–1937 | **Goods siding abolished** — 20 April 1937 |
| W.N. 18–1937 | Reclassified to Platform (P) |
| W.N. 9 & 13–1959 | Unnamed sleeper platform (16ft × 8ft) provided at 554m 69c between Tyagarah and Myocum for school children |
| W.N. 24–1964 | Pig truck yards removed; livestock freight and race designations deleted |
| 30 June 1975 | **Platform closed** (W.N. 26–1975) |
| W.N. 12–1987 | Myocum Yard (895.318 km) deleted from all publications — final railway record entry |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1897–1989.*