Newee Creek

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 560.369km
Opened : 3 December 1923
Closed : 30 June 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named for the nearby creek which was (supposedly) named a fter a local Aboriginal tribe (Newee Newee) although only one source exists for this name. The original timber Up platform was 56.38 metres in length, later being reduced to 15.24 metres. 1940 - 5 ton gantry crane erected. 1963 - stockyards demolished. 1964 - steel and concrete loading bank constructed.

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Newee Creek station (David McGrath)

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It is December 1973 and a 442 class hurries the Down North Coast Daylight Express through the small station at Newee Creek between Macksville and Nambucca Heads, NSW. (wp7713 via Flickr)

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Location of the one time station (ironically on Siding Road) at Newee Creek (Six Maps)

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Newee Creek 29-01-2023 (Nick Wells)

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44205+442++ NL51 Newee Ck 13-04-89
Special passenger train Sydney to Roma St (Leon Batman)

Bryan Vanderstelt:

I remember that day Leon. Was it not some kind of charter for Pacific islanders going to some convention somewhere? It was a real treat soon after NL1/2 and NL3/4 getting the chop. A real "one off"!

Leon Batman:

Bryan Vanderstelt Sounds about right

Dane Graham:

NL1-4 finished in February 1990.

Bryan Vanderstelt:

Dane Graham I'll go out on a limb and say Leon's date is wrong. Pretty damn sure it was 1990 after loco the Brisbane Limited and Pacific Coast Motorail wound up.