Byron Bay

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 882.859km
Opened : 15 May 1894
Closed : 16 May 2004
Status : Closed (reused)
Name meaning : Named by Lieutenant James Cook for RN officer John Byron
Notes : Up platform is 152.4 metres long. 

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Steam excursion to Byron Bay, May 1970 (Byron Bay Visions)

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Whaling was carried out in Byron Bay through the 1950s and 60s. (EJ Wright Collection, Byron Bay Library)



Halden Boyd:


"Usually taken by rail line from the old Byron Jetty to the whale works by the 8 tonne "Green Frog" loco which could pull 150 tonnes. The Green Frog is preserved in a shed on the remaining Byron rail line."



Greg Mashiah:


"Whaling did not commence at Byron Bay until 1954 with the first whale being taken on 29 July. Here is an article to a story about the whaling station being under construction in May 1954 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96392055"

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An air of desolation attends this view of Byron Bay station, taken about 1896. The buildings are already in need of a coat of paint, subjected as they were to the harsh, humid climate of the area. The low-level 'passenger landing', provided in lieu of the standard-height platforms on this railway, is obvious, as is the abnormal height of the main building - a concession to the summer heat by providing taller ceilings, or a necessity to ensure that the verandah awning is still at a safe height above the carriage platforms?

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Byron Bay - Jetty Goods Siding, around 1920 (Tweed Museum)

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Railway station at Byron Bay, N.S.W. - early 1900s

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44210+4417 N4 GCM Byron Bay 04-09-1976
Photo by Bob Richardson

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Byron Bay (Undated)

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Byron Bay station (1960s) (Ivor Jones)

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Byron Bay Railway Station around the 1930s. Photo: Richmond Tweed Regional Library

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Location of Byron Bay station (Six Maps)

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Byron Bay jett, undated, Lyn Platt

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Railway employees picnic train to Byron Bay mid 1980's (Kenneth Fagan)

Carolyn Woodeson:

Some of my best childhood memories are of the Railway Picnic. Getting up before the crack of dawn. Waiting out the front of our house ( which was right beside the tracks) while Dad lit the kero lantern to signal the train to stop and pick us up. The trip down with lollies and red seal chips and fruit being handed out to us. Mum always winning at least one ham and usually in the ' hammer and nail' comp. Catching up with other Railway families ( some of which you would only get to see at the picnic) But best of all, it was a whole day at the beach! For some of us living inland it was the only time during the year that you'd get to see the beach. You'd come home sunburnt and usually sick from all the junk food you ate and exhausted! But we didn't care and would st

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Sydney-bound Gold Coast Motorail at Byron Bay, 1985

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Byron Bay (undated)