Dilkoon

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 724.178km
Opened : 30 March 1907
Closed : 13 January 1973
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "running water"
Notes : The station opened without a name (simply being referred to as "Platform") - it would be more than a year (30/6/1908) before it received it's name. The original Down timber platform was 22.86 metres in length, later being extended to 29.6 metres. The station building had a general and ladies waiting room and an out-of.

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Fruit van derailed at Dilkoon, 18 December 1937. (Northern Leader)

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This was a small platform serving a small nearby village. In 1946 there was a proposal to extend a branch line from this location to Uralla at a cost of 660 thousand pounds with the argument being that it would be as important to the region as the Dorrigo branch. Ultimately, of course, it wasn't constructed.

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Abolition of the platform