Herons Creek

[admin]

Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 439.097km
Opened : 12 April 1915
Closed : 30 June 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the nearby creek of the same name
Notes : The station opened with a 76.2 metre Up platform and standard timber station building consisting of a general and ladies waiting room and store room. It was later reduced to 15.2 metres in 1969. The station was a major loading point for timber from the adjacent sawmill. There was a 686' goods loop siding on the Down side of the line.

[admin]

Location of the one-time station (13/2/2021 - Lance Lyon)

[admin]

Herons Creek, 1920

[admin]

Approximate location of Herons Creek Station - the whole area has been absorbed by the timber mill. The station opened in 1915 and closed in 1974. (Google Maps)

[admin]

Undated image of Herons Creek station

[admin]

First class railway ticket used on the vintage train from Heron's Creek to Wauchope on Saturday 25th September, 1965 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the coming of the railway to Wauchope.

The train journey was organised as part of Wauchope's Spring Festival celebrations held in late September 1965. Proceeds from the train went to the Wauchope "Home for the Aged Appeal".

[admin]

Herons Creek station (undated)

[admin]

Herons Creek, March 1926

[admin]

"Old Tin Bridge" at Herons Creek (Herons Creek Road), undated

[admin]

Bridge near Herons Creek, undated (State Archives)

[admin]

Vintage train to Wauchope at Herons Creek, 25/9/1965 (State Archives)

[admin]

Herons Creek yards, 30/9/2023 (Lance Lyon)

[admin]

Sign at the old yards (30/9/2023 - Lance Lyon)

[admin]

Herons Creek, 30/9/23 (Lance Lyon)

[admin]

All that remains of the Herons creek siding today.