Yumbunga Limestone Siding

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Type : Siding
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 316.940km
Opened : 12 July 1916 (as Sulphide Corporation Siding)
Closed : 29 March 1927
Status : Closed
Name meaning : An Aboriginal word meaning "camp"
Notes: This siding existed outside of the nearby loop of the same name. It was operated by the Sulphide Corporation. Renamed Yumbunga Siding on 2/9/1916. This was a loop siding, the platform still exists, in operation it served a nearby quarry.

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Location of the siding (Lorraine Jones)

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The platform

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Graeme Kirkby states: " spot on there. I was taught the coast by drivers of your era and the same Taree drivers that taught you blokes and everyone said the same thing. Stone was loaded on that platform and the story was that there was an arial ropeway came up to the platform from the river."

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Lorraine Jones has located the quarry.

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Ian Douglas states :"The old platform still exists..I've just done a bit of research on this platform, it is just north of Yumbunga on the down side of the line, and was a platform used for loading limestone from a nearby quarry, and was NOT part of Yumbunga Loop. It is the last left hand bend going south before Yumbunga."

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Yumbunga Limestone Siding 29-01-23 (Nick Wells)

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"SULPHIDE CORPORATION SIDING 196.75m (316.940km) Opened 12.7.1916, WN 28.1916 Siding down side Changed to Yumbunga siding 2.9.1916 WN.36.1916 Closed 29.3.1927 WN.13/27.  Loop removed"