Archville

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 594.541km
Opened : 6 April 1936
Closed : 28 June 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : May have been the name of William Thompson's property through which the railway passed at this location.
Notes : Constructed with local voluntary labour, platform building added in 1940 also with volunteer labour. The Up side (sleeper) platform was 6.09 metres in length. Station number was NC49a and it accepted passengers, parcels and small goods. The station was under control of Raleigh.

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Archville (undated) (Bronwynn Lusted)

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The location of Archville Station. The station opened in 1936 and closed in 1974. (Google Maps)

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Location of the one-time station (in reality a short sleeper (6.09 metre) platform with a waiting shed) at Archville. Archville opened on 6 April 1936 and closed in 1975, the platform (built first) was constructed by local voluntary labour as was the later waiting shed. The station sported the station number NC49a - indicating that it was under the control of Raleigh (NC49). The station accepted small goods, parcels and passengers and was a request stop only. Upon opening No. 11 & 14 mail trains serviced the platform as did goods trains 151 and 52. By July 1974 it was no longer in use and was formally closed on 28 June 1975 (along with a plethora of other North Coast stations). The station was roughly one mile south of Bonville. The level crossing that the station was sited on was originally a private one associated with the adjacent Thompsons property, on opening the crossing was converted to a public one. This crossing was always unattended but was gated. Today the only memory of the station is the naming of "Archville Station Road", it's signposted on the freeway but I doubt anyone passing it would give it a moments notice.