Ballast Siding

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Type : Siding
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 470.290km
Location : -31.329838, 152.781998
Opened : 27th May 1918
Closed : 5th December 1922
Status : Closed
Name meaning : n/a
Notes : Ballast siding, the siding was 80 metres to the south of the start of the Wilson River bridge. The Wilson River Ballast Siding confirmation — the 1917 opening circular for Telegraph Point statiobn documents the siding but marks it "will not be brought into use until further notice." This directly links the two separate entries and confirms the ballast siding was planned from day one of the station opening, deferred for 6 months, then opened 27 May 1918. ### Ballast Siding at Mileage 193.30 (Wilson River) — 1917
> **Ballast Siding at Mileage 193.30, near Telegraph Point** — Frame "A" — The points in the Main Line, facing on Down journey, Facing Point Lock, also the Catch-points, and Safety Points in the Siding, are worked from Frame "A" fixed alongside the Main Line Points.
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> Frame "A" is unlocked by Key on the Electric Train Staff for the section **Wauchope–Telegraph Point**, and worked in accordance with **Regulation D** of the General Appendix.
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> **(This Siding will not be brought into use until further notice.)** *(Source: 1917 Weekly Notices)*

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Location of the siding on the southern side of the Wilson River

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# Ballast Siding — Wilson River (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices

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**Type:** Ballast Siding (Closed) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Pembrooke–Telegraph Point section) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 470.290 km 
**Location:** -31.329838, 152.781998 
**Between:** Pembrooke and Telegraph Point — 80 metres south of Wilson River bridge 
**Opened:** **27 May 1918** 
**Closed:** **5 December 1922** 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** N/A — functional description only 

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> **Not mentioned in any Weekly Notice** in the 1889–1989 collection. Ballast sidings of short operational life (approximately 4.5 years) used for maintenance purposes were routinely not gazetted in the Weekly Notices unless they required specific safeworking arrangements. The Wilson River bridge location suggests this siding served permanent-way ballasting works associated with the bridge and its approaches.

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## Summary

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| **27 May 1918** | Siding opened — 80 metres south of Wilson River bridge |
| **5 December 1922** | Siding closed |

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*No entries found in NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1889–1989.*