Burringbar

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 916.250km
Location : -28.433980, 153.469124
Opened : 24 December 1894
Closed : 25 March 1986
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word for "place of the (non-returning) boomerang"
Notes : An unstaffed railway platform with a siding was provided and this was extended with a gantry crane in 1896. Down platform was 76.8 metres long and was moved after a protest from locals (23.1 metres). 26/2/1918 - provision of a 385 metre interlocked loop. 13/4/1918 - station buildings removed and rebuilt and platform extended. 15/1/1927 - platform raised. In 1941 standing room in the crossing loop wax reduced from 1056' to 963'. 10th August 1948 - goods siding length increased by 155' in the Up direction. In 1980 it was reclassified as a platform. WN 5/1981 - closed as a staff station. 25th March 1986, closed as a crossing station (WN 11–1986 and WN 12–1986). In 1987 it was added as a coach stop.

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Burringbar, 1896 (Tweed Museum)

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29/Aug/1964 - Burringbar

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Burringbar - undated 

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Burringbar, 1971

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ARHS undated image

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ARHS image, 1983

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Circa 1950 (ARHS)

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Burringbar, 1896

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1964 (ARHS)

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Burringbar, 1959 (ARHS)

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Burringbar, 1965 (ARHS)

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Waiting room plans.

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Location of Burringbar (Six Maps)

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Burringbar closed 25 March, I986 as an Electric Train Staff and Crossing Station. From Weekly Notice 11 of 1986. Passenger facilities in place for Motorail which finished in February 1990. Not listed on the replacement XPT rail timetable although listed on the railway bus timetable.