Kilgra

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Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 842.122km
Opened : 28 September 1930
Closed : 28 April 1968
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after a nearby school
Notes: Original location surveyed in 1925 was adjacent to the local racecourse, this was changed to Bailey's Bridge following a visit from the Station Sites Board. The 30.48 metre platform was on the Up side and had a PC1 station building. 24/8/1976 - station building sold and site levelled. The site had an Up side loop siding.

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Location of the one-time station at Kilgra (opened 1930, closed 1968) - nothing remains.

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Location of Kilgra (Six Maps)

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Railway excurcision, October 1910 - Queensland and Kyogle students meet at Kilgra - at this time no station or platform existed at the location.

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Brisbane Express at Kilgra, 5/8/1962 (State Archives)

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Lynn Haynes states "there was a small platform with a waiting room, a palm tree was at either end of the platform."

Kilgra is confirmed to have had a PC1 station building (Nyrang Creek on the Eugowra branch pictured), Kilgra's station was relocated to a local property.

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Kilgra diagram

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Temporary works at Kilgra after 14954 floods (NSWGR)

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Down goods, 14/11/1992 (Bob Proctor)

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Kilgra, 1930