Billinudgel

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 905.129km
Opened : 24 December 1894
Closed : 14th October 1985
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word for "once belonged to a parrot" or "sea lake" and is named after the parish it is in.
Notes : The station building was shifted from Murwillumbah in January 1923. The Up platform was 76.2 metres long and, like others on the line, was shifted 4.5 metres. 15/8/1923 dead end siding converted in to a loop. 6/12/1924 - cream shed and pig shed added.

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Billinudgel in May 1995 (Danny Naughton)

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NSW 44209+44236 N4 GCM Billinudgel 14-11-1989 (Bob Richo)

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NSW 44228+44236 N3 GCM Billinudgel 27-06-1989 (Bob Richo)

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NSW 44218+44233 N4 GCM Billinudgel 08-12-1987_2 (Bob Richo)

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The Pacific Coast Motorail arrives at Billinudgel, January 1990, in its final weeks of operation. I'm assuming the family on the platform is there to meet someone and they are not joining the train (no luggage, the bikes are obviously waiting to be ridden home). From Billinudgel it was possible to make a day return journey to Murwillumbah on this train, with a few hours available in town before the return leg. The replacement XPT timetable changed all of that and local travel on the branch seemed to be completely overlooked when the XPT schedule was developed. (Ken Date)

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Billinudgel station, undated

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The station in 2003, note it has been turned around and no longer faces the line (Michael Johnston)

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Location of Billinudgel station (Six Maps)

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Billinudgel in the 1970s, by this stage it was unnattended (Peter Burr)

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Billinudgel. Photo Jeff Dawson

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Billinudgel, 1969 (John Shields)

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John Grocott
A picture of Billinudgel a few month ago. Looking north. Track is in grass.

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Billinudgel - May 1995 (Danny Naughton)

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Desmond JJ Fittock
29 January 2021  ·
Some pics of the old Billinudgel station & surrounding area taken from the hotel car park.