Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 706.500km
Opened : 6 November 1905 (Construction name was Sulferino Road)
Closed : 1975 (station)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the name of a creek in the vicinity that was named after an old homestead in the area
Notes: Rocla Siding was removed in the 90s, it was a 300 metre loop siding. The Up side platform was 30.48 metres long. 16/7/1975 - tank and station demolished.
Approximate location of the one-time Koolkhan station, opened in 1905 (Google Maps)
Site of the former Koolkan (Scott S) (flickr)
Old siding at Koolkhan leading to the power station (2013, Scott S (flickr))
Transhipping boiler from rail truck to low loader at Koolkhan Power Station
Date(s) of creation: Dec. 1955-Jan. 1956.
photograph : gelatin silver ; 6.4 x 6.4 cm. approx.
Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria
Accession No: H92.401/674
Image No: b32363
The line still curves around the location of the old platform (Ian Douglas)
Platform was just past the house (old gate keeper's) Marsh family lived there and some of family also finished up the job.
Frame C, Rocla Siding, Koolkhan, 18/5/2022 (Boris Grishenko)
Koolkhan, 2022
Koolkhan level crossing (undated, State Archives)
Koolkhan (undated, State Archives)
Koolkhan
Koolkhan (undated, State Archives)
Rail Motor 1 at Koolkhan, 1915
Down special at Koolkhan, 25/4/1969 (Munro)