Mooball

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 913.896km
Opened : January 1895 (2nd site after Crabbes Creek)
Closed : 30 June 1974
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Corruption of the Parish name Meeball that is an Aboriganl word for bowels
Notes : Platform was moved 13.4 metres. Down platform was 74.3 metres long.

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The Sydney-bound Gold Coast Motorail Express behind double 44s is not long into its journey south as it rolls over Burringbar Creek near Mooball late afternoon on 24 May 1974. (Philip Versigon)

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View over the old yards at Mooball (Tweed Daily)

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Marshall's Hill tunnel near Mooball on the Murwillumbah branch, 1995 excursion. (Paul G Hogan)

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Mooball looking towards Murwillumbah (Gary Holt, Feb 22)

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Level crossing at Mooball, the station (out of sight) was to the left (State Archives)