Shannon Brook

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 796.373km
Opened : 5 January 1927 (replaced Boomooderie 2nd site and was constructed on Boomooderie 1st site location (offset by 600 metres))
Closed : 4 December 1973 (passenger service suspended), closed May 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the nearby stream of the same name
Notes : The Up platform was 76.2 metres in length and had a corrugated iron building.

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Shannon Brook opened in 1927 after the closure of the nearby Boombooderie station (which was in an inconvenient position for local farmers). In the mid 1930s it became a somewhat popular stop due the the alleged healing properties of a nearby spring.

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Daily Telegraph, 19/6/1948

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Shannon Brook level crossing (undated, State Archives)

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Flood damaged track at Shannon Brook, 20/2/1954

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A relatively clean 4422 with 4532 head a heavy No.4 Up Brisbane Express south from Casino seen here at Shannon Brook on 25th July 1970 (George Stevens)