Eltham

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 851.490km
Opened : 15 May 1894 as Mayfield, renamed Eltham 1 October 1894
Closed : 28 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : The name Mayfield conflicted with a suburb in Newcastle, so name was taken from a suburb of London (England). Up platform was 78.2 metres in length. 23/10/1894 Station Master's house built. 16/11/1926 platform raised to standard height. 27/9/1972 goods siding closed.

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Eltham railway station

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Construction of the railway bridge at Eltham

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Eltham railway bridge (Bob Richardson)

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Location of  Eltham station (Six Maps)

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Eltham station master's cottage

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Design of Eltham (as Mayfield)

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I remember Eltham in the 1960s. It was one of those stations where you held up the green disc to stop the train (or the lamp at night, interesting that the then NSWGR seemed to assume that everyone carried a box of matches!). However, I suspect that even then the station was rarely used and its best years were behind it.

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42206 in 2001 at Eltham, on the Northern Rivers Railroad.

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Eltham station and station master's cottage plans (Records NSW)

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Eltham, undated, State Archives

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Wilson's Creek Brige, Eltham - SM cottage. (State Archives)

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Eltham 1964

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The station site is now a tennis court.