Taree

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 378.600km
Opened : 4 February 1913
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : Aboriginal word for "wild fig"
Notes : The Down side platform is 182 metres in length. In 1929 the existing brick station replaced the earlier timber station building and it has been modified over time. The original timber platform was 152 metres in length. 1913 Rest houses and sheep race constructed. 1914 5 tonne yard crane added and yards lit by kerosene lamps. 15.4.1917 weighbridge installed. 28.2.1922 Pillar water tank installed, water drawn from town supply. 4.4.1925 platform extended by 60.9 metres. 1927 50 tonne cart weighbridge installed. 6.11.1929 - Railway Refreshment Room opened. 1934 trucking yards relocated. 1943 yards enlarged and Down siding laid in. 5/6/1945 North and South signal boxes opened. 1963 54kl diesel tank installed. April 1970 roundhouse demolished with the cessation of steam on the line.

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Taree south box and associated signalling viewed oh so long ago, 20 January 1985.  At the time I took this image, I recall that there was a strike in place which gave me opportunity to walk around the yard and photograph.  Old style semaphores are still in place, but the new CTC signalling is making a presence (just visible between the breakdown crane and South box).  A considerable number of bogies also seem present in the breakdown road.  The sand tower for Taree loco depot can be seen beyond the breakdown crane.


(Chris Harrison)

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Old fashioned method of "hot box" detection - January 1980, Taree (Rail Rambler)

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The last ever stagecoach from the south, unloading mail in front of Taree Post Office on the 3rd of February, 1913. The next day, Taree's mail would arrive by rail on the first train ever to arrive in Taree.

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A very sweet day in Taree Loco with candy at the forefront on December 22, 1986. Present that morning from the left are 731/631, 44205, 44240+4441, 4472+8025, and 4428. (Chris Harrison)

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48109+4527 heading south from Taree, October 18, 1986. (Chris Harrison)

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First train to Taree in 1913

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Taree roundhouse

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Taree Refreshment Rooms, 1947

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5130 leads a goods train into Taree - undated photo (SRA)

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Taree roundhouse (undated) (SRA)

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Taree Locomotive Depot (undated) (SRA)

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OPENING DAY TAREE. 4.2.13 No. 40. G Kelly Photo. 4th February 1913

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Parade, Victoria Street, Taree, 4/02/1913 for the opening of the railway (Midcoast Library

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Taree, 1987 (Graeme Skeet)