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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 273.104km
Opened : Opened 25 October 1926, platform added in 1931, passenger services commenced September 1936.
Closed : December 1964
Status : Closed
Name meaning : An Aboriginal word meaning "high" - the siding was in high country
Notes : The platform was 9.4 metres long on the Up side with a corrugated iron shelter. There was no road or settlement nearby. Built to service the nearby farms.
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Approximate location of Dewrang. It opened in 1926 and had a platform added in 1931 with passenger services commencing in 1935.


Built to service the local dairy farms.


The station closed in 1964.
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Dungog Chronicle, 1/9/31
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Dungog Chronicle, 28/5/1935 - this seems to indicate that prior to this date both Wards River and Dewrang didn't have a passenger service.
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