Grafton City (South Grafton)

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NL14, UP North Coast Mail at South Grafton behind 44211. The consist is typical of a mail train which did not need to divide or amalgamate enroute. The timber trestle at South Grafton is visible in the background. This has long ago been replaced in concrete. The photo was taken in March 1983 (Les Shepherd)

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South Grafton, 1982 (Greg Lee)

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South Grafton, 1982 (Greg Lee)

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Philip Tatarinov
South Grafton, 1980

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Greg Lee, 1982

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North Coast Daylight Express at Grafton, 22/10/1962 (State Archives)

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South Grafton, September 1976 (Phil Clarke)


2nd (colour) pic from Garry Fenton:


"I took this similar time pic in March 1979 when I travelled around the state in the Medical Examination Car AG1856. The carriage is in the foreground."

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Brisbane express at South Grafton, October 1947

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South Grafton viaduct,  up Grafton Express, 29/9/93 (David Johnson)

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 695.748km
Location : -29.703226, 152.942127
Opened : 12 October 1915 as South Grafton, renamed Grafton City 1st October 1976, now known as simply Grafton
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : After the Duke of Grafton
Notes : Opened with a 457 metre long central interlocked loop. The original platform was 91.4 metres long, later being increased to 192.9 metres then to 230 metres. The timber station building was a standard A5 type. The site was a major depot at the time it opened. 3.12.1923 - Railway Refreshment Room opened. 1933 - provision of a 45kl water tank. 31.7.1935 - pillar water tank constructed. 1951 - timber deecking on platform replaced with concrete and 1st extension of platform. 1957 - 5 ton crane relocated from Moree. 1966 - water facilities removed. 8/1915 - South Grafton Depot opened with a six pit roundhouse, 15.24 metre turntable (later replaced with an 18.2 metre turntable from Hamilton), a 180kl water tank (1944) and in 1949 a coal hoist. In 1958 the depot was reduced to a sub-depot for Casino. In 1960 diesel facilities were installed.

1915: Opened 12 October 1915; Circular No. 245 of 1915
1922: Frame A (all signals); Frames B, C and D (No. 1 Lever in B and C and Nos. 1 and 4 in D released by key from No. 14 Lever in Frame A; Regulation G); Bolt Locks between Frames A and B, and A and D; sections Lanitza–South Grafton and South Grafton–Grafton (South Grafton–Grafton section for Clarence River Bridge); Signal-box arrangement confirmed
1923: Refreshment Room referenced in working notes; N class engine loads South Grafton–Lanitza 510 tons
1930: South Grafton as controlling station for Brisbane Express reservations from 28 September 1930; Circular No. 384.18 of 1930
1943 W.N. 3: Up Second Home Loop signal No. 24 added 18 January 1943; Up Starting Loop to Main No. 24 renumbered No. 23; Circular No. 186–6 of 1932 (South Grafton to Grafton)
1943 W.N. 16: New six-lever Frame A at South Grafton end of platform; levers: 1 (Down Distant), 2 (Down Home), 3 (Duplex Lock for Frames B, C, D, E), 4 (Space), 5 (...), 7 (Up Home) — in April 1943
1943 W.N. 28: Down Starting No. 6 and Up Home signals (No. 27 Main and No. 25 Main to Loop) refixed 250 feet toward Casino side of No. 15 points — 12 July 1943
1943 W.N. 37: Clarence River Bridge bascule span — Intermediate Staff Instrument at bridge for section South Grafton–Grafton; Lever E bolts lifting rails; Telephone at bridge; Pilotman's duplex lock at South Grafton; complex working instructions (4 September 1943)
1955 W.N. 18: Automatic working equipment removed 26 April 1955 — Braunstone–South Grafton and South Grafton–Grafton ETS
1976 W.N. 46–47: Renamed GRAFTON CITY — "Delete South Grafton wherever appearing and insert instead Grafton City" (ref. B2 76 51107)
1983 W.N. 3: CTC conversion Monday 24 January 1983 — route control relay interlocking; Upper Quadrant Down Outer Home and Down Distant removed; new Down Home No. 1 and Up Starting No. 14 provided; ground frames renamed; releasing switches for Ampol, Dairy Co. Abattoirs and Caltex/Stockyards sidings controlled from control panel; shunting signal (yellow) and low speed indication at Down Second Home and Up Home signals; ETS Braunstone–Grafton City and Grafton City–Grafton retained; diagram centre pages (W.N. 3 and 4–1983; S&C 126170)
1983 W.N. 24: CTC Broadmeadow — Grafton City remains in local control until further advised; Grafton City–Grafton section ETS Type B, Nos 1–50, 1–40 key staffs; Down Starting No. 13 Grafton City
1988 W.N. 12: Dairy Co. Abattoirs siding removed 31 January 1988; Releasing Lock C renamed Releasing Lock B; Up siding renamed Carriage siding and extended toward Casino (220 metres standing room); S&C 263942 and 251196
1989 W.N. 7: 35-tonne Ransomes Rapier diesel crane moved from Casino to South Grafton (note — still called South Grafton in loco department records)
1989 W.N. 26: Ampol siding removed 23 May 1989

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Grafton City Station - opened in 1915 as South Grafton and later renamed. Station is still in use. (unknown photographer)

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South Grafton, 5/11/1963 (Lindsay Bridge)

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5261 Shunting in South Grafton. Taken on Kodachrome on 28 Jan 1968. (Lindsay Bridge)

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MotoRail at Grafton City, 26/1/1990 (Lindsay)

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Location of Grafton City (Six Maps)