Coombell

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 785.174km
Location : -29.016486, 152.971718
Opened : 6 November 1905
Closed : 28 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "bunyip in the water"
Notes : Down side timber platform was 78.9 metres in length. The town it serviced was 4k to the east. 1908 - loop siding laid in, it was extended by 390' in 1915. 1935 - cattle yards removed. 20/5/1974 abolished siding (the remains for Gunthorpe's Brickworks still stand) - 385' dead end siding. 26/11/1975 - station building demolished. 27/7/1979 - platform demolished. A siding existed at the station, this was abolished 20/05/1974 (the WNs contradict themselves, another states 14/07/1974). In the 1960s there was a ganger's residence at the location, this was offered for sale in 1970. A safe working hut remains at the location. Bricks from this location were used on the rebuilding of stations on the Murwillumbah branch.

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Location of Coombell station, it existed between 1905 and 1974, the brickworks remains can be seen at the top of the yards.

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Remains of the brickworks in 2014 (Dustaway/Flickr)