Werris Creek

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Type : Station
Line : Main North Line
Distance from Sydney : 410.700km
Opened : 14/10/1878 (moved 1880)
Closed : n/a
Status : Open
Name meaning : "Werris" appears to derive from an Aboriginal word first written as "Weia Weia", but the exact meaning is not known. There is a similar aboriginal word pronounced "werai", which means "look out", which might be related, because there are prominent hills in the area. In earlier years, Werris was written in a variety of ways, including Werres, Werries and Weery's.
Notes : Junction for the Mungindi branch

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Location of the station (Six Maps)

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Loco Depot, Werris Creek, circa 1920 (State Archives)

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Undated image of Werris Creek captioned "Vintage Train" (State Archives)

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Home and distant signals at Werris Creek, Main North (State Archives) (undated)

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1934, Werris Creek (State Archives)

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Werris Creek Loco, October 1939 (State Archives)

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Werris Creek (1885, State Archives)

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Werris Creek Loco (undated, State Archives)

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Werris Creek, 1885, State Archives

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Shunting signals, Werris Creek, undated (State Archives)

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Werris Creek, 19/9/1954 - lengthening pits to accomodate AD60 class engines (State Archives)

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Installation of 108' turntable in 1954 (State Archives)

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Werris Creek Coal Stage, undated (State Archives)

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Sand bins, Werris Creek, undated (State Archives)