Kolodong

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 374.578km
Opened : 4 February 1913 (construction name Woola Woola)
Closed : 12 August 1967
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word for "dove"
Notes: Platform was located on the Up side of the line at mileage 232-60 chains (km. 374.578). Platform was a standard medium length one for the North Coast line, 250 feet.

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Location of Kolodong station (Six Maps)

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Kolodong (Manning River Times)

Aggie McClutchey treasures this rare photo of Kolodong Station, taken on a fun family day out in 1938, with her brothers and sisters. Bottom left: Agnes McClutchey (nee Neal), Earl and Albert Neal. Back left: Barbara, Alex, Edith and Clancy Neal.

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22 December 1986 saw 4428 still looking reasonably fresh in candy hauling milk and some flat wagons from Taree.  The location for this shot was Kolodong, just south of Taree. (Chris Harrison)

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A view from NT-25, "Grafton XPT" approaching the site of former railway platform Kolodong which was immediately on the far side of the private level crossing. Over the years there had been a few near misses and a collision between trains and road vehicles at the crossing, partly due to the blind approach of trains on the Down side and blind stupidity of road users. In September 2012 this crossing and a number of others in close proximity were closed and one common crossing for all was created at a more suitable location. Photo date, 6-1-1997. (Graeme Kirkby)

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A view from NT-36, the Up "Grafton XPT" at km.374.600 near the former site of Kolodong, near Taree. 11-14am on Saturday, 18-8-2007.  Just ahead there were five open level crossings which, during 2012, were combined by a common road served by one level crossing. (Graeme Kirkby)