Collins Creek

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Type : School Halt
Distance from Sydney : 835.250km
Location : -28.607253, 152.991667
Opened : 26 March 1934
Closed : Unknown (after 1951?)
Status : Closed
Name meaning :
Notes: Mentioned in 1951 timetable, located on the Up side of the line. 1934 WNs mention this location - **No. 24 Pass.** (7.55 a.m. Border Loop to Casino) and **No. 23 Mixed** (2.45 p.m. Casino to Border Loop) call at Level Crossing at Collins Creek Road, between Kyogle and The Risk, **to pick up and set down school children**. This also gives the explicit date of the first service. Collins Creek Road School Stop — Amended to All Passengers — W.N. 42–1936
> **Pages 223 and 226** — The footnotes which indicate that No. 29 and No. 24 call at Collikns Creek Road Crossing, between Kyogle and **Kilgra**, to pick up and set down school children, are to be amended to read **pick up and set down passengers**. (36–34,550.) *(W.N. 42–1936.)*
This location is the first of several betwen Kyogle and Cougal that served similar purposes. Some are attested to in the timetables, but not the WNs, several have photographic evidence (and no mention in the "official" documentation), many are simply recalled by the people that used them.

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# Collins Creek (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1910–1989

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**Type:** School Halt (unofficial — at level crossing) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Kyogle–Border Loop section) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 835.250 km 
**Mileage (Working TT):** 519m 27c (Collins Creek Road level crossing) 
**Between:** Kyogle and The Risk 
**Opened:** Unknown (first documented 26 March 1934) 
**Closed:** Unknown 
**Status:** Closed 
**Side of line:** Up side 

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> **Notes:** Collins Creek does not appear as a named station or halt in the Weekly Notices. It was the **Collins Creek Road level crossing** at Mileage 519m 27c, between Kyogle and The Risk, where trains were directed to stop to pick up and set down school children. Mentioned in the 1951 timetable. The Collins Creek Road level crossing itself was subsequently deleted from the level crossings table (W.N. 50–1951, correcting W.N. 48–1951). The name meaning is not recorded in the Weekly Notices.

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## 1934 — School Children Stop at Collins Creek Road Level Crossing

### Trains Called at Collins Creek Road — 26 March 1934
> **North Coast Line — Since Monday, March 26 [1934]:**
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> **No. 24 Pass.** (7.55 a.m. Border Loop to Casino) and **No. 23 Mixed** (2.45 p.m. Casino to Border Loop) call at Level Crossing at **Mileage 519m 27c (Collins Creek Road)**, between Kyogle and The Risk, **to pick up and set down school children**.

*(Source: 1934 Weekly Notices)*

> **Note:** This is the earliest Weekly Notice reference to Collins Creek. The stop was not at a formal platform but at the Collins Creek Road level crossing, and was restricted to picking up and setting down school children only — on specific named trains (No. 24 Pass. and No. 23 Mixed). This is consistent with the typical arrangement for school halts on the North Coast Line in this period.

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## 1951 — Level Crossing Reference Corrected; Listed in Timetable

### Collins Creek Road Level Crossing — Mileage Correction — W.N. 50–1951
> **Level Crossings — Kyogle** — Delete Level Crossing, **Collins Creek Road, Mileage 519m 27c** (not 319m 27c — vide Weekly Notice No. 48 of 1951). (A. 1–51–31,573.) *(W.N. 50–1951.)*

> **Note:** The 1951 correction notice confirms the level crossing was still in the publications at this time, with the correct mileage being **519m 27c** (an earlier notice had incorrectly given it as 319m 27c). Your note that Collins Creek appeared in the 1951 timetable is consistent with these notices — it was being referenced as a stop point at that time.

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| Unknown | Collins Creek halt established at Collins Creek Road level crossing (519m 27c) — Up side |
| 26 March 1934 | **First documented** — No. 24 Pass. and No. 23 Mixed directed to call at Collins Creek Road level crossing for school children |
| 1951 | Appears in timetable; Collins Creek Road level crossing listed at 519m 27c (W.N. 50–1951 corrects mileage from erroneous 319m 27c) |
| Unknown | Closed — no closure notice found in Weekly Notices |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1910–1989.* 
*Note: Collins Creek appears in the Weekly Notices only as a level crossing reference, not as a named station or halt. The school children stop was at the Collins Creek Road level crossing (519m 27c) between Kyogle and The Risk.*