Stokers

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 926.494km
Location : -28.396993, 153.404617
Opened : TBC as Stokers Siding, renamed Stokers September 1925
Closed : 7 August 1974
Status : Re-used
Name meaning : unknown
Notes : 1911 — Pig and cattle yards erected. 1912 - Five ton gantry crane installed. 1st August, 1924, a Junior Porter will be in charge of Stokers Siding, and that station will be open as a Booking Station for Coaching Traffic only. 8/9/1925 - fruit loading stage built nearby at Lessing's (Lessing Loading Stage (opened 8th August 1925) — traffic from Lessing to be booked as from Stoker's. Nos. 178 and 186 on Tuesdays and Fridays stop when required. (W.N. 38–1925.) W.N. 31–1925 - Alteration in the name of Stoker's Siding (North Coast) — Commencing at once, Stoker's Siding is to be called STOKERS. 1/11/1929 - Junior Porter withdrawn. 1.5 tonne crane deleted in 1949 (unknown when installed), 5 ton gantry crane deleted in 1950. Loop Siding Converted to Dead-End — 25 September 1973. Goods Siding Abolished — 7 August 1974 - all particulars deleted. Station building has been converted to a general store and the line's alignment has been moved away from the building.

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Stokers, 1995 (Danny Naughton)

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Rail Motor 24 in the mid 1920s at Stokers (copyright expired)

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Sydney mail 1935 - Stokers siding

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Station building in 2003 (Michael Johnston)

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Location (Six Maps)

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Stokers (from another group, unknown date)

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Melissa Darnley (2022)

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Paul Sikorski (Aug 22)

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Danny Naughton, 1995

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John Grocott, Aug 2021

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Undated image

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Stokers Siding Railway Station. In the foreground are railway sleepers ready for transporting. C.1930s

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Loading logs at Stokers Siding (undated)

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Station building when in use for trains was on the southern side of the level crossing, as marked on the attached rail plan, while the same station building now used as a shop.