Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 218.500km
Opened : Opened 14 August 1911
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : After the land grant of the Martin family, these lands lay to the north and north east of the station
Notes : Station site moved 36.8 metres from original site. Original Down side platform was 76.1 metres, the platform was shorterned after 2003 but the signal box was retained as a shelter. Original facilities included a B1 waiting shed and Out Of room, a C1 closet and urinal was at ground level. A 90kl single tier tank fed by a bore existed at the site. In 1927 the goods siding was extended. Water facilities closed on 31/7/1970 with the end of steam on the North Coast.
Martins Creek station opened in 1911 - the original station was demolished and replaced in 2009 (open source image)
Martins Creek, line construction, 1911
Martins Creek - Not that long ago this was an every day scene. The station is still complete as the afternoon Dungog motor wanders in, with 729 and 629 doing the job at 2.11 pm. Now of course not only has the motor well and truly gone, the station building itself has been erased & replaced. 4 Dec 2006. (Bundy Colonel)
A Brisbane bound freight with 4481 in charge, powers through Martins Creek on the North Coast line.
October 1984 (Peter Sweeton)
Heading for Grafton, the Down North Coast Daylight XPT speeds through Martins Creek.
October 1984 (Peter Sweeten)
BM4 at Martins Creek (Stephen Joseph Miller)
4472/4809 DSR&M transfer train at Martins Creek 18/12/1983 (Bradley Coulter)
Mid North Coast XPT at Martins Creek, May 1984 (Les Shepherd)
Martin's Creek working diagram from 1942. (Graeme Skeet)
Location of Martins Creek (Six Maps)
Photos of Martins Creek Station. Dates in the captions. (Rob Rouse)
Martins Creek 1/8/2020 (Rob Rouse)
Martins Creek 2020 (Stephen Joseph Miller)
Martins Creek railway quarry (undated)
Martins Creek, from the country end. The shelter is the most recent building on the platform and the building next to it is the former signal box. (Ken Date)
Martins Creek, undated, but likely 1980s (State Archives)
5325, ballast train at Martins Creek (c.1972), image by George Stevens, posted with permission.
Good Friday 28th March 1986, Bob Bell
A view from NT-2, the " Grafton XPT" at Martin's Creek showing the level crossing to the quarry and the quarry siding on the right. 8-4-2003. (Graeme Kirkby)
6M31 4532 4911 entering Martins Creek Quarry 08:46 5 Sept 2022 (Barry Trudgett)
Level crossing, Black Rock Rd, Martins Creek, 1966 (State Archives)
Peter Neve:
From the number of person around, I would suggest that this photo woulld have been one of a number taken as a result of an "incident" at this location, and would be the subject of a subsequent Inquiry and/or legal action against the Department.
Martins Creek, undated
Martins Creek (undated)
Martins Creek location (Hi Res)
Martins Creek 20/9/2023 (Barry Trudgett)
NR19 3SB8 Martins Creek 18/12/1997
(image by John Hourigan)
Radio Testing using 1BS on loan from SRHC
GM10 & GM22 on NK81, AK cars to Taree passing through Martins Creek 12:00 13 Jan 2025 (Barry Trudgett)