Kilgra

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Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 842.122km
Location : -28.552082, 152.976216
Opened : 28 September 1930
Closed : 28 April 1968 (for passengers), 1974 (?) - goods
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after a nearby school
Notes: Original location surveyed in 1925 was adjacent to the local racecourse, this was changed to Bailey's Bridge following a visit from the Station Sites Board. Siding Opened at Kilgra — W.N. 5–1930
> **Kilgra (Brisbane Extension)** — Referring to instructions issued in Weekly Notice No. 4 of 1929, a **Siding** has been provided at Kilgra, which is distant **3 miles 10 chains from Kyogle**, and traffic in full truck loads may be accepted to and from that Siding under the same conditions as applicable to **Wiangaree**.
By 1932 it was listed as a platform. Goods Siding Abolished — 27 July 1936 — W.N. 32–1936. The 30.48 metre platform was on the Up side and had a PC1 station building. 24/8/1976 - station building sold and site levelled. The site had an Up side loop siding. This is yet another entry thatthe official railway records got wrong - the name had to be corrected : Name Correction — W.N. 6–1943 - **List of Stations, Platforms, etc.** — Alter **"Kilgara (P)"** to **"Kilgra (P)."** (C. 1–43.) *(W.N. 6–1943.)*

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Location of the one-time station at Kilgra (opened 1930, closed 1968) - nothing remains.

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Location of Kilgra (Six Maps)

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Railway excurcision, October 1910 - Queensland and Kyogle students meet at Kilgra - at this time no station or platform existed at the location.

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Brisbane Express at Kilgra, 5/8/1962 (State Archives)

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Lynn Haynes states "there was a small platform with a waiting room, a palm tree was at either end of the platform."

Kilgra is confirmed to have had a PC1 station building (Nyrang Creek on the Eugowra branch pictured), Kilgra's station was relocated to a local property.

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Kilgra diagram

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Temporary works at Kilgra after 1954 floods (NSWGR)

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Down goods, 14/11/1992 (Bob Proctor)

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Kilgra, 1930

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The rather lonely Kilgra station.

Photo : Bruce Holland, (Peter Leonard's "A Real Railway")

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# Kilgra (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1930–1976

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**Type:** Station (later Platform) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Kyogle–Border Loop section) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 842.122 km 
**Mileage (Working TT):** approximately 523–524m; **3 miles 10 chains from Kyogle** (per 1930 opening notice) 
**Between:** Kyogle and Wiangaree 
**Opened:** 28 September 1930 (siding); formally as station from opening 
**Goods Siding Abolished:** 27 July 1936 (W.N. 32–1936) 
**Station Closed:** 28 April 1968 
**Station Building Sold:** 24 August 1976 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** Named after the nearby Kilgra School 
**Station Codes:** 2928 (1930); 3485 (amended 1960) 
**Platform:** 30.48 metres, Up side; PC1 station building 

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> **Notes:** The original surveyed location in 1925 was adjacent to the local racecourse, changed to Bailey's Bridge following a visit from the Station Sites Board. The platform (30.48 metres) was on the Up side and had a PC1 station building, sold 24 August 1976 and the site levelled. The station had an Up side loop siding, abolished 27 July 1936. School children stopping at the Collins Creek Road level crossing (519m 27c), between Kyogle and Kilgra, was amended to pick up and set down **passengers** generally in W.N. 42–1936. Hermit's Peak platform was opened in 1941 between Kilgra and Wiangaree (524m 34c), under control of Kyogle.

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## 1930 — Siding Opened; Listed in Station Codes

### Siding Opened at Kilgra — W.N. 5–1930
> **Kilgra (Brisbane Extension)** — Referring to instructions issued in Weekly Notice No. 4 of 1929, a **Siding** has been provided at Kilgra, which is distant **3 miles 10 chains from Kyogle**, and traffic in full truck loads may be accepted to and from that Siding under the same conditions as applicable to **Wiangaree**.
>
> The Mileage for freight purposes will be **3 miles from Kyogle**. (Comr. 29–17,128; L.T.–3–42,300.)

*(W.N. 5–1930)*

### Station Codes — 1930
> **Station Codes:** 
> Kyogle — **2926** 
> Kyogle Stock Siding — **2927** 
> Kyogle Goods Shed — **[2928]** 
> **Kilgra — 2928** 
> Wiangaree — **2929**

*(Source: 1930 station code tables)*

### Listed in Alphabetical Station List — 1930
> **Kilgra** — North Coast — Kyogle–Border Loop.
>
> Also listed in telegraph circuit: "Stations between Kilgra and Brisbane — all stations North and South of Casino."

*(Source: 1930 Weekly Notices)*

### Speed Boards — Kilgra–Wiangaree Section — 1930
> **Kilgra–Wiangaree**: 522m 66c — 525m 77c — multiple speed board locations in this section.

*(Source: 1930 Working Timetable — speed boards)*

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## 1931 — Listed as Unattended Station (Asterisk)

### Unattended — 1931
> **\*Kilgra** — listed with asterisk (unattended) in station sequence alongside \*Wiangaree and \*The Risk.

*(Source: 1931 Working Timetable listing)*

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## 1932 — Listed as Platform (P) in Station Sequence

### Station Sequence — 1932
> Yongurra (P) — Kyogle — **Kilgra (P)** — Wiangaree (P) — The Risk (P) — Mount Lion (P) — Loadstone (P) — Cougal (P) — Queensland Border.

*(Source: 1932 Working Timetable listing)*

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## 1934 — Speed and Load Table Section Boundaries

### Kyogle–Kilgra and Kilgra–Wiangaree — Engine Load and Speed Tables
> Down journey sections: Fairy Hill–Cedar Point — Cedar Point–Kyogle — **Kyogle–Kilgra** — **Kilgra–Wiangaree** — Wiangaree–The Risk — The Risk–Mt. Lion — Mt. Lion–Loadstone — Loadstone–Cougal — Cougal–Border Loop.
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> Up journey sections: Mt. Lion–The Risk — The Risk–Wiangaree — **Wiangaree–Kilgra** — **Kilgra–Kyogle** — Kyogle–Cedar Point — Cedar Point–Fairy Hill — Fairy Hill–Casino.

*(Source: 1934 Working Timetable — engine load and speed table section boundaries)*

> **Note:** Kilgra served as a consistent section boundary on the North Coast Line engine load and speed tables throughout its life as a station, appearing in virtually every year's Working Timetable in this role.

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## 1936 — Goods Siding Abolished; Station Reclassified to Platform; School Children Amendment

### Goods Siding Abolished — 27 July 1936 — W.N. 32–1936
> **Kilgra (North Coast) — Abolition of Goods Siding** — The Goods Siding at Kilgra has been dispensed with. **Insert letter (P).** (V. 36–2,589; 36–34,552.) *(W.N. 32–1936.)*

> **Kilgra (North Coast) — Abolition of Siding** — Since **27th July, 1936**, the connections leading from the Main line at each end of the siding were removed, and the siding abolished. Delete "16" in column under heading "Standing Room." Circular No. 390–19 of 1930, and diagram attached thereto, to be amended accordingly. (V. 36–2,589; 36–34,552.) *(W.N. 32–1936.)*

### Collins Creek Road School Stop — Amended to All Passengers — W.N. 42–1936
> **Pages 223 and 226** — The footnotes which indicate that No. 29 and No. 24 call at Mileage 519m 27c, between Kyogle and **Kilgra**, to pick up and set down school children, are to be amended to read **pick up and set down passengers**. (36–34,550.) *(W.N. 42–1936.)*

> **Note:** This amendment confirms that the Collins Creek Road stop (519m 27c) was formally extended from school children only to all passengers in October 1936.

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## 1941 — Hermit's Peak Platform Opened Between Kilgra and Wiangaree

### Hermit's Peak — Between Kilgra and Wiangaree — W.N. 31–1941
> **Between Kilgra and Wiangaree — North Coast** — On Saturday, **2nd August, 1941**, a new sleeper platform, **16 feet in length**, will be provided on the Up side of the Main line at **Mileage 524m 34c**, between Kilgra and Wiangaree, and known as **Hermit's Peak**.
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> Passenger, parcels and small consignments of Goods traffic will be dealt with at Hermit's Peak, which is **unattended and under the control of Kyogle**.
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> All traffic must be dealt with under Siding and Platform conditions. Working and Public Time-table Books to be posted accordingly. (41–70,810.)

*(W.N. 31–1941)*

> **Note:** Hermit's Peak was under the control of Kyogle, not Kilgra — confirming Kilgra's status as an unattended platform rather than a controlling station at this point.

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## 1943 — Name Corrected from "Kilgara" to "Kilgra"

### Name Correction — W.N. 6–1943
> **List of Stations, Platforms, etc.** — Alter **"Kilgara (P)"** to **"Kilgra (P)."** (C. 1–43.) *(W.N. 6–1943.)*

> **Note:** A misspelling of the station name as "Kilgara" had apparently crept into the publications and was corrected in 1943.

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## 1960 — Station Code Updated to 3485; Local Appendix Entries Amended

### Station Code Amended — W.N. 47–1960
> **Insert** — Pages 51 and 131 — Wiangaree — Station Code No. **3485**.
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> **Amend** — Pages 51 and 93 — **Kilgra** [updated entry]. *(W.N. 47–1960.)*

*(Source: 1960 Weekly Notices)*

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## 1963 — Speed Board Sections Updated

### Speed Boards — Kyogle–Kilgra Section
> **North Coast — Section Kyogle–Kilgra:**
>
> After 518m 56c: 60 mph (Down) 
> Add 520m 30c: 60 mph (Up) 
> 520m 45c: 40 mph (Down)

*(Source: 1963 Working Timetable — speed board location updates)*

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## 1968 — Station Closed — 28 April 1968

> Kilgra station closed **28 April 1968** per external records. No specific Weekly Notice closure entry found in the available volumes.

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## 1970 — Kilgra–Kyogle Section Still Referenced in Freight Conditions

### Section Reference — Kilgra–Kyogle
> **Kilgra–Kyogle** listed in freight train conditions table alongside Border Loop–Taboon.

*(Source: 1970 Weekly Notices — freight train conditions)*

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## 1974 — Kilgra Deleted from Coaching Rates Publications

### Deleted from Coaching Rates Book — W.N. 29–1974
> **Passenger Fares and Coaching Rates Book** — Delete: Shannonbrook, Fairy Hill, **Kilgra**, Wiangaree, The Risk, Mt. Lion, Loadstone. (C. 1–74.) *(W.N. 29–1974.)*

> Also deleted from "Stations at which Horses and Vehicles may be loaded and unloaded": Fairy Hill, **Wiangaree**, The Risk. (Kilgra not specifically listed in this column.)

*(W.N. 29–1974)*

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## 1975 — Deleted from Accommodation and Grades Tables — W.N. 26–1975

### Deleted from All Remaining Publications
> **Stations, Sidings and Platforms — Accommodation Provided** — Delete all reference to **Kilgra**, Wiangaree, Mt. Lion, Loadstone, Flannagan's and Dulbolla. (A1 73 77203.) *(W.N. 26–1975.)*
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> **Grades at Stations, Sidings, Platforms and Signal-boxes** — Delete all reference to Warragai Creek, Lawrence Road, Ampdale, Coombell, Amarina, Shannon Brook, **Kilgra**, Wiangaree, Mt. Lion, Loadstone, Flanagan's and Dulbolla. (A1 73 77203.) *(W.N. 26–1975.)*

*(W.N. 26–1975)*

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## 1976 — Station Building Sold and Site Levelled

> The station building at Kilgra was **sold on 24 August 1976** and the site levelled.

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

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| 1925 | Original site surveyed adjacent to local racecourse; changed to Bailey's Bridge following Station Sites Board visit |
| 28 September 1930 | **Siding opened** — 3 miles 10 chains from Kyogle; traffic accepted under same conditions as Wiangaree (W.N. 5–1930) |
| 1931 | Listed as unattended station (*) |
| 1932 | Listed as platform (P) in working timetables |
| 27 July 1936 | **Goods siding abolished** — connections at each end of siding removed; reclassified to Platform (P) (W.N. 32–1936) |
| W.N. 42–1936 | Collins Creek Road stop (519m 27c) amended from school children only to all passengers |
| 2 August 1941 | Hermit's Peak platform (524m 34c) opened between Kilgra and Wiangaree — under control of Kyogle (W.N. 31–1941) |
| W.N. 6–1943 | Name corrected from "Kilgara" to "Kilgra" |
| W.N. 47–1960 | Station code updated |
| 1963 | Speed board sections Kyogle–Kilgra updated |
| **28 April 1968** | **Station closed** |
| W.N. 29–1974 | Deleted from Coaching Rates publications |
| W.N. 26–1975 | Deleted from Accommodation and Grades tables |
| 24 August 1976 | **Station building sold; site levelled** |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1930–1976.*