North Motton

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Type : Station
Line : Nietta Line
Distance from Ulverstone : 011.600km
Location : -41.205950, 146.111499
Opened : 20th December 1915
Closed : 7th December 1955
Status : Closed
Name meaning :
Notes : First of three attended stations on the line. Loading ramp, goods shed (relocated from Kindred (Turners Beach) in 1918), 30' platform with waiting shed (as built, later extended), 293' loop siding. WC added in 1918 along with a store and weighbridge. Station masters cottage was at the site. Station removed in 1958.

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North Motton location (LISTmap)

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North Motton yards, May 2025 (Google)

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North Motton layout (1930/5) (National Archives)

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Part of the North Motton station building at the Ulverstone museum. Bill Field photo 2016

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Rita Badcock at North Motton station. Photo from Lorraine Clifford

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One of the buildings from North Motton. It was at the Ulverstone History museum. All buildings were removed when it became the Hive. It now resides at the miniature railway near Camp Clayton. (Narelle Howe) (2024)