Bailey's Gates

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Type : School Halt/Cream Platform
Distance from Sydney : 839.775km
Opened : 1935
Closed : 1651 or later
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the name of the associated property (G Bailey)
Notes: Mentioned in 1951 WTT as
"Bayleys", not mentioned in WNs as thus, stop located on the Up side of the line on a private crossing. Two stops at this location sep. by 750 metres. 1935 - **No. 24 Pass.** (8.0 a.m. Border Loop to Kyogle) and **No. 29 Pass.** (3.43 p.m. Kyogle to Border Loop) will stop at **Bayley's Level Crossing (Mileage 522m 10c)**, **Mondays and Fridays**, to pick up and set down school children, respectively (southern halt). Northern halt *may* have been the original cream platform. Note that both the WTT and the WNs are incorrect in the spelling of the location - the family was "Bailey", not "Bayley" and the property is still in the same family. This is another record that shows the official railway records cannot always be relied on for accuracy.

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# Baileys Gates / Bayleys (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1932–1989

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**Type:** School Halt / Cream Platform (at private level crossing) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Kyogle–The Risk section) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 839.776 km 
**Mileage (Working TT):** 521m 65c (Bayley's private crossing) / 522m 10c (Bayley's Level Crossing — school children stop) 
**Between:** Kyogle and The Risk 
**Opened:** Unknown (school children stop documented from 1935) 
**Closed:** Unknown 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** After the associated property (G. Bailey / Bayley family) 
**Side of line:** Up side, on a private crossing 

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> **Notes:** Referred to as "Bayleys" in the 1951 Working Timetable. Not documented as a formal station or halt in the Weekly Notices, but two entries confirm its existence: (1) the 1932 private sidings/level crossings table lists **Bayley's (Private)** at **521m 65c** and again (as "Do") at **522m 10c**; (2) a 1935 notice directs trains to stop at **Bayley's Level Crossing (Mileage 522m 10c)** on Mondays and Fridays to pick up and set down school children. The two mileage references (521m 65c and 522m 10c) may represent two separate gates on the Bayley property, or the same crossing listed with slight measurement variation. The 522m 10c figure from the 1935 school children notice is the more operationally significant.

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## 1932 — Bayley's Private Crossing Listed in Level Crossing/Sidings Table

### Bayley's (Private) — 521m 65c and 522m 10c
> The private sidings/level crossing sequence for the Kyogle–The Risk section (1932) reads:
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> McKenzie's (Private) — 521m 21c 
> Do [unnamed] — 521m 38c 
> **Bayley's (Private) — 521m 65c** 
> **Do [Bayley's, second gate] — 522m 10c** 
> Moore's (Private) — 522m 65c 
> Seccombe's (Private) — 523m 77c 
> Davie's (Private) — 524m 34c 
> Private [unnamed] — 524m 68c 
> Mackrell's (Private) — 524m 78c 
> Kemp's (Private) — 525m 34c 

*(Source: 1932 Weekly Notices — intermediate sidings/level crossings table, North Coast Line, Kyogle–The Risk section)*

> **Note:** The "Do" entry at 522m 10c immediately following Bayley's (Private) at 521m 65c indicates a second gate belonging to the same Bayley property — "Do" being the standard shorthand for "ditto" (same owner). The two crossings are approximately 750 metres apart, spanning a property of that length straddling the railway line.

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## 1935 — School Children Stop at Bayley's Level Crossing

### Trains Call at Bayley's Level Crossing — Mondays and Fridays
> **No. 24 Pass.** (8.0 a.m. Border Loop to Kyogle) and **No. 29 Pass.** (3.43 p.m. Kyogle to Border Loop) will stop at **Bayley's Level Crossing (Mileage 522m 10c)**, **Mondays and Fridays**, to pick up and set down school children, respectively.

*(Source: 1935 Weekly Notices)*

> **Note:** The school children stop was at the **southern** (Sydney-side) Bayley gate at 522m 10c. Trains No. 24 (Border Loop to Kyogle, 8.0 a.m.) and No. 29 (Kyogle to Border Loop, 3.43 p.m.) stopped on Mondays and Fridays only — consistent with a school week arrangement where children were picked up on Monday morning and set down Friday afternoon (or similar pattern), travelling the remainder of the week by other means or staying at a school dormitory in Kyogle or Casino.

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## 1951 — Listed as "Bayleys" in Working Timetable

> **Bayleys** listed in the 1951 Working Timetable (Northern Division). No further details confirmed from Weekly Notices — the timetable listing is per external records.

*(Per external records — 1951 Working Timetable)*

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| By 1932 | **Bayley's (Private)** crossings listed at 521m 65c and 522m 10c in level crossing/private siding sequence |
| 1935 | **School children stop** at Bayley's Level Crossing (522m 10c) — No. 24 Pass. and No. 29 Pass., Mondays and Fridays |
| 1951 | Listed as "Bayleys" in Working Timetable (Northern Division) |
| Unknown | Closed — no notice found |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1932–1989.* 
*Note: Baileys/Bayleys does not appear as a formal station in the Weekly Notices. The location is documented as a private level crossing (Bayley's Private, 521m 65c and 522m 10c) with a school children stopping instruction from 1935.*