Batar

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Type : Milk and cream platform
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 430.137km
Opened : 1 December 1941
Closed : 2 November 1971
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the nearby creek. Batar derives from the Irish batir meaning to beat repeatedly
Notes : a 20 foot sleeper platform was constructed at the location and (though unnatended) it dealt with passengers, goods and parcels.

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Stewphen Joseph Miller:

The larger circle is approx location of Batar Station. According to my mother it was on the Rossglen side of Batar Creek. Apparentely my Great Uncle Victor Everingham used to
load milk cans there The smaller is Rossglen, where the houses are.

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The sign from Batar still exists and is attached to a shed on a nearby property.

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The Up platforn1 was 6.0m long. No town nearby.

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Batar (Hi Res) location