Bentley

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 818.956km
Location : -28.779810, 153.120575
Opened : 1906
Closed : 2nd June 1975 (see notes)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Said to be named after a landholder's (R B Dawson) property. There are several locations in England that use the name and there it means "a clearing overgrown with bent-grass".
Notes : 75.5m platform on the Down side as built, later reduced to 31.6m (1966). Yards had sheep and cattle races and a 5 tonne crane and an Up side (originally Down) loop siding. Original layout had a Down side loop siding with the station some 70 metres Down from the siding. 19/9/1913 - Down loop siding removed and replaced with an Up loop ~800 yards to the north. 1939 - crane removed to Wiangaree. 1947 - telephone installed (No. 85 Telephone Circuit, North). October 1973 (passenger service ceased), February 1974 (station particulars deleted). 2nd June 1975 - abolition of the goods siding.

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Location of the one-time platform at Bentley (Google Maps)

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Location of Bentley (Six Maps)

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Bentley station ((c) Helen Trustum)

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Gold Coast Motorail from Sydney on its last journey through Bentley (Helen Trustum)

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Railway line at Bentley (Helen Trustum)

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Bentley location (Hi Res) (per 1909 diagram)

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Bentley, undated (SRA Archives)

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Bentley, undated (SRA Archives), platform was on the left immediately past the level crossing.

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Post 1919

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1919 proposed changes at Bentley

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1909 addition of the loop siding.

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Construction of Bungabbee Creek #1 bridge, Bentley station site is on the other side of the cutting. (State Archives)

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738/638 + Van at Bentley on 18 Up Pass from Murwillumbah to Casino for connection to the Up Brisbane Express on 14th November 1970 (George Stevens)

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Bentley (Ian Kilmartin)