Banyabba

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 742.866km
Opened : 6 November 1905
Closed : 30 June 1974 (station), 1983 (signal box)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the local parish of the same name
Notes : The 30.4 metre timber platform was on the Up side and held a shelter with a waitring room. May 1926 - 434 metre interlooked loop added and signal box constructed. 11/1987 - both residences sold and removed.

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Banyabba, 1982 (Greg Lee)

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Banyabba in 1982 (Greg Lee)

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12th Jan 1934 from trove / nth star newspaper Banyabba Station Between Grafton and Casino .

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Banyabba in 2013 (Scott Sashmo)

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Location of Banyabba (Six Maps)

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Ben King:

Worked there 1973/74/75
Lonely place. No power. No people to talk to. Car access only.

Des Firth:

In the sixties there was a lot of family's living there

Ben King:

Only bloke there was a Dave Reardon and wife and kids but when you were there they normally gone to Grafton. There was two signallers houses there. On a Sunday shift you would come on to put No 1 Brisbane Limited and maybe couple of other trains . Book off for most of day and come back pm and put No 2 Brisbane Limited back through and a couple of other trains. All day to get a shift. On leaving ask the man on the wall which way he wanted to home stick left and lock up box

Stephen Martin:

Lots of places like that are just location signs now , I worked past a lot of them and wondered what was there originally ! Thanks to this group I'm finding out , cheers for that !

Richard Butcher:

Ah all those small stations, Banyabba, Shanonbrook, Camira creek, Leeville, Rappville, Gurranang, memories of ones child hood days, and much steam. Fast goods trains 2- C 35's, double D 50's, even a C35&c36 recall. And the small bankers like 1301:1307:1311& occasionally 1218:1219! Lawrence Road.

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Remains of the trolley shed at Banyabba (supplied) (2022)

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Banyabba, undated

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Banyabba signal box, undated

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Banyabba, 1976

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From Railway Digest.

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No. 14 North Coast Mail at Banyabba (13/1/1954) (Skiller Collection)

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Banyabba, 1/7/1982 (State Archives)

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Banyabba, and 5916 has detached to return to Grafton, leaving 5908 to continue with the RTM tour train to Casino. Friday 25.04.1969. (Peter Neve)