Macksville

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 552.400km
Opened : 1 July 1919
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : After two pioneers in the district; Angus Mackay and MacInally. When asked by the surveyor to give it a name they called it Macksville, short for Mac's Village
Notes : Opened with an interlocked loop 413 metres in length. The original Up side platform was 137.16 metres in length, this was later increased to 181 metres. The first station building was constructed in timber and was renewed (probably in 1923) in concrete. A goods shed and 3 tonne crane were provided and the coal stage and turntable from Wauchope was relocated to here. At the time this was the terminus for the line from the south for around four years so it is likely there was a watering facility drawn from the nearby Nambucca River. 11/9/1920 - pig trucking yards provided. 4/12/1934 - central interlocked loop provided. The Banans Growers Federatyion had 12.1 metre platform installed towards the end of 1942. The COR siding was added on 28/4/1957 and renamed to BP Siding 1/3/1958. 

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North Coast railway town of Macksville for auction sale at Macksville on day of opening of extension of the North Coast Railway Line from Kempsey to Macksville by C.S. Cliff, auctioneer, Kempsey, in conjunction with R.J. Bear, auctioneer, Macksville (SLNSW)

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[font="Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Macksville, ciirca 1924 (SLNSW)[/font]

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Macksville, 1976. 4538 leads an up train. (Howard Armstrong)

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Macksville, undated

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Macksville Station, opened 1919, still in use (News Ltd)

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Casino XPT at Macksville. 3pm, 26th December 2019 (Lance Lyon)

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Macksville station, 1923 (postcard, SLNSW)

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Construction of the railway bridge at Macksville, 1919 (Nambucca and Bellinger News)

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Cutting #95 near Macksville 13/3/1917 Government Printing Office

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Macksville, undated, Greg Lee

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About 400 people crowded at the platform to welcome the first passenger train into Macksville, NSW on July 1, 1919. (ABC)

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Macksville (undated, ABC)

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Location of Macksville station (Six Maps)

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North Coast railway town of Macksville for auction sale at Macksville on day of opening of extension of the North Coast Railway Line from Kempsey to Macksville by C.S. Cliff, auctioneer, Kempsey, in conjunction with R.J. Bear, auctioneer, Macksville (SLNSW)