Baraimal

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Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 821.947km
Location : -28.721862, 152.995494
Opened : 23 June 1910
Closed : 17 May 1969
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "emu"
Notes : The Down side 76.2 metre platform (later reduced to 45.7 metres in 1930) was located at a water reserve. A standard B2 platform building was on the platform. Unstaffed station, always a request stop. WN 20/1969 lists the closure alonbg with Cedar Point and Namoona.

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Newspaper clipping regarding Baraimal.

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Baraimal, station layout, 1930

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8134 with a Down freight at Baraimal, 25/1/1995 (Bruce Cook)

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# Baraimal (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1910–1969

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**Type:** Station (Unstaffed) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Casino–Kyogle section) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 821.947 km 
**Mileage (Working TT):** 511m 0c (approx.); speed boards between 507m 27c and 514m 47c 
**Between:** Backmede and Cedar Point 
**Opened:** 23 June 1910 
**Closed:** 17 May 1969 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** Aboriginal word meaning "emu" 

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> **Notes:** The Down side platform was originally 76.2 metres in length, later reduced to 45.7 metres in 1930. A standard B2 platform building was on the platform. The station was situated at a water reserve. Baraimal was always an unstaffed station throughout its life — from the opening notice in 1910 it is clear that all consignments had to be prepaid and consigned under platform conditions. A telephone (switched out when not in use) was provided in October 1932. Baraimal closed on 17 May 1969 along with Namoona and Cedar Point in the same deletion notices (W.N. 20, 22 and 23–1969).

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## 1910 — Opening; Unstaffed from the Start

### Opening — 23 June 1910
> Baraimal opened on **23 June 1910** as part of the Casino–Kyogle line opening.

### Instructions for Unattended Stations — 1910
> **Instructions for conducting Traffic to or from Stations at which there is no person in charge** — All consignments of trains for **Namoona, Fairy Hill, Baraimal, and Cedar Point** must be prepaid and consigned under platform conditions.
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> Passengers wishing to proceed by trains authorised to stop at these places must **exhibit to the Driver of the train a green disc by day, and light the lamp at night**; and Guards must, before leaving the last platform on either journey, ascertain if there are any passengers in their train wishing to alight.

*(Source: 1910 Weekly Notices)*

> **Note:** This 1910 entry confirms that Baraimal was **unstaffed from the very first day of its operation**. The green disc/lamp signalling system for passengers at unattended stations was the standard practice for request stops on the North Coast Line at this period. The same instructions applied to Namoona, Fairy Hill and Cedar Point — all unattended platforms on the same section.

### Engine Loads — Casino to Kyogle — 1910
> Engines of A, B and C classes may be run between Casino and Kyogle, with load tables in tons including brake-van given by class.

*(Source: 1910 Weekly Notices — Engine Load table for Casino–Kyogle section)*

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## 1924 — Listed in Working Timetable

### Station Sequence
> Namoona (P) — Fairy Hill (P) — **Baraimal (P)** — Cedar Point (P) — Kyogle.

*(Source: 1924 Working Timetable listing)*

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## 1925 — Distance Table

### Distance Table — Rates Purposes
> Fairy Hill — 480 [miles] 
> **Baraimal — 455 [miles]** *(OCR likely misread; should be approximately 511 miles)* 
> Cedar Point — 489 [miles] 
> Kyogle — 492 [miles]

*(Source: 1925 distance table for rates purposes)*

> **Note:** The OCR figure of 455 miles for Baraimal appears to be misread — given its position between Fairy Hill (~507m) and Cedar Point (~514m), the correct mileage should be approximately 511 miles. The surrounding figures (480 for Fairy Hill, 489 for Cedar Point) are also suspect, and the 1925 rates distance table appears to have significant OCR corruption throughout.

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## 1926 — Australian Made Preference League Exhibition Train

### Exhibition Train — Rappville, Casino, Grafton to Booyong and Baraimal
> **A.M.P.L. Exhibition Train** at Rappville, Casino, and Grafton to **Booyong and Baraimal**. Lismore, 16th to 24th September.

*(Source: 1926 Weekly Notices)*

> **Note:** This confirms passenger traffic was being generated at Baraimal for the Australian Made Preference League Exhibition Train, which visited various North Coast Line communities during September 1926.

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## 1930 — Timetable Times; Private Siding Listed

### Down Timetable — Casino to Kyogle
> Leycester arr. [a] — **Baraimal arr. [a]** — Tuncester arr. [a] — Cedar Point arr. [a] — Lismore arr. 2.56 — Yongurra arr. [a] — Kyogle arr. 12.46.

*(Source: 1930 Working Timetable extract — "a" indicates stop when required)*

### Private Siding — Adjacent to Baraimal — Listed
> **Public (Baraimal)** — listed in private siding/level crossing sequence between Milligan's (Private) and Walker's (Private).

*(Source: 1930 Weekly Notices — intermediate siding/level crossing listing)*

### Speed Board — Baraimal–Cedar Point Section
> **Baraimal–Cedar Point**: 507m 3c (speed reference point).

*(Source: 1930 Working Timetable — speed board sequence)*

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## 1932 — Listed in Station Sequence; Telephone Provided

### Station Sequence — 1932
> Namoona (P) — Fairy Hill — **Baraimal (P)** — Cedar Point (P) — Yongurra (P) — Kyogle.

*(Source: 1932 Working Timetable listing)*

### Telephone Provided — 31 October 1932
> **Telephone and Phonopore Circuits — Baraimal — Provision of Telephone** — On Monday, **31st October, 1932**, a telephone, connected to **No. 90 Telephone Circuit, North**, was provided at Baraimal.
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> The telephone is **switched out when not in use, and cannot be called.**

*(W.N. 46–1932)*

> **Note:** The telephone at Baraimal was installed nearly 22 years after the station opened. The switched-out arrangement (cannot be called when not in use) is consistent with the station being unattended — the telephone would only be switched in when a railway employee happened to be at the location, or possibly when a train was stopped and the guard needed to communicate.

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## 1934 — Listed in Unattended Stations List

### Baraimal Listed as Unattended Station
> Stations marked thus (*) are unattended. Baraimal is listed in the station sequence including Casino, Kyogle Goods Shed, Wiangaree, Wiangaree Level Crossing, The Risk, Mt. Lion, *Cougal, Border Loop.

*(W.N. 12–1934)*

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## 1944 — Shire of Tomki Boundary

### Shire of Tomki — Rappville to Baraimal and Bangabee
> **Shire of Tomki** — Rappville to **Baraimal and Bangabee**, excluding Municipality of Casino.
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> Municipality of Casino — Casino and South Casino.

*(Source: 1944 Weekly Notices — Public Holiday schedules, Wednesday 11th October 1944)*

> **Note:** Baraimal marks the eastern boundary of the Shire of Tomki as defined in this 1944 schedule — placing the station on the administrative boundary between the Casino municipality and the broader Tomki shire.

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## 1949 — Shire of Tomki Boundary Confirmed

### Shire of Tomki — Rappville to Bentley and Baraimal
> **Shire of Tomki and Municipality of Casino** — Rappville to **Bentley and Baraimal**, inclusive.

*(Source: 1949 Weekly Notices — Public Holiday schedules)*

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## 1953 — Shire of Tomki Boundary Amended

### Shire of Tomki — Amended
> **Shire of Tomki** (shown in Weekly Notice No. 39) — amended to read:
> Rappville to Shannon Brook inclusive; **Namoona to Baraimal inclusive**; North Casino and Naughton's Gap.

*(Source: 1953 Weekly Notices)*

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## 1955–1956 — Shire Boundaries Confirmed

### Shires of Byron, Gundurinda-Terania, Tomki and Tweed — 1955
> **Shires of Byron, Gundurinda-Terania, Tomki and Tweed** — Rappville to **Baraimal and Murwillumbah** inclusive. Municipality of Casino and City of Lismore.

*(Source: 1955 Weekly Notices)*

### Police Patrol District of Kyogle — Shire of Kyogle — 1956
> **Police Patrol District of Kyogle, within the Shire of Kyogle** — **Baraimal** to Cougal, inclusive.

*(Source: 1956 Weekly Notices — Proclaimed Public Holiday schedules)*

> **Note:** The 1956 entry confirms Baraimal as the southern boundary of the Kyogle Police Patrol area within the Shire of Kyogle — placing it at the intersection of multiple shire and police district boundaries, reflecting its position between Casino and Kyogle.

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## 1961 — Speed Board Reference

### Speed Boards — Baraimal–Cedar Point Section
> **Baraimal–Cedar Point**: 512m 03c, 512m 173c, 512m 50c, 512m 65c.

*(Source: 1961 Working Timetable — speed boards)*

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## 1968 — Speed Board Reference

### Speed Boards — Fairy Hill–Baraimal and Baraimal–Cedar Point
> **Fairy Hill–Baraimal**: 507m 143c — 507m 27c 
> **Baraimal–Cedar Point**: 512m 03c — 512m 173c — 512m 50c — 512m 653c

*(Source: 1968 Working Timetable — speed boards)*

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## 1969 — Closed; Deleted from All Publications

### Closed — 17 May 1969 (W.N. 20–1969)
> **Working Timetable — Northern Division — Pages 208 to 220** — Delete Nammoona and relevant particulars. Delete **Baraimal** and relevant particulars. Delete Cedar Point and relevant particulars. (A. 1–69–52,886.) *(W.N. 20–1969)*
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> **Grades at Stations, Sidings, Platforms, and Signal Boxes** — Delete Nammoona and relevant particulars. Delete **Baraimal** and relevant particulars. Delete Cedar Point and relevant particulars. (A. 1–69–52,806.) *(W.N. 20–1969)*

### Alphabetical List Deleted — W.N. 20–1969
> **Alphabetical List of Stations, Platforms, Sidings and Collieries:**
> - Page 3 — Delete Argyle and relevant particulars.
> - **Page 5 — Delete Baraimal and relevant particulars.**
> - Page 17 — Delete Cedar Point and relevant particulars.
> - Page 54 — Delete Nammoona and relevant particulars.

*(W.N. 20–1969)*

### Stations and Platforms — Deleted — W.N. 22–1969
> **Stations and Platforms, etc., Maitland–Queens Border** — Delete **Baraimal**, Cedar Point and Nammoona and relative mileages. (C1–69–5,401.) *(W.N. 22–1969)*
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> **New South Wales Stations** — Delete Argyle, **Baraimal**, Cedar Point and Nammoona. (C1–69–5,401.) *(W.N. 22–1969)*

### Further Deletions — W.N. 23–1969
> **Alphabetical List of Stations, etc.** — Delete **Baraimal**, Cedar Point, and Nammoona and relative particulars. (B. 2–68–67,313.) *(W.N. 23–1969)*
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> **List of Stations, etc.** — Delete **Baraimal** and relative particulars. Delete Cedar Point and relative particulars. Delete Nammoona and relative particulars. (B. 2–68–67,313.) *(W.N. 23–1969)*
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> **Alphabetical List of Stations, etc.** — Delete **Baraimal** and relative particulars. Delete Cedar Point and relative particulars. Delete Nammoona and relative particulars. *(W.N. 23–1969)*

*(W.N. 20, 22 and 23–1969)*

> **Note:** Baraimal closed simultaneously with **Namoona** (also 17 May 1969) and **Cedar Point** — all three were deleted in the same set of Weekly Notices (20, 22 and 23 of 1969) under the same reference number. This batch closure of three adjacent unattended platforms on the Casino–Kyogle section reflects a single administrative decision to rationalise the minor request stops on this section.

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| 23 June 1910 | **Opened** — unstaffed from day one; all traffic prepaid; passengers use green disc/lamp to signal trains |
| 1924 | Listed as platform (P) in working timetables |
| 1926 | Australian Made Preference League Exhibition Train visited Baraimal |
| 1930 | Platform reduced from 76.2m to 45.7m; "Public (Baraimal)" listed in private siding sequence; speed board Baraimal–Cedar Point at 507m 3c |
| W.N. 46–1932 | **Telephone provided** — connected to No. 90 Circuit, North; switched out when not in use |
| 1934 | Listed as unattended station (*) in station sequence |
| 1944–1956 | Consistently used as eastern/southern boundary point for Shire of Tomki, Shire of Kyogle and Police Patrol District schedules |
| 1961 | Speed boards: Baraimal–Cedar Point at 512m 03c–512m 65c |
| **17 May 1969** | **Closed** — deleted from all publications simultaneously with Namoona and Cedar Point (W.N. 20, 22 and 23–1969) |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1910–1969.*