Craven

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Type : Station/Loop
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 290.517km
Opened : 4 February 1913
Closed : Prior to 1983 (station)
Status : Closed (station), Open (loop)
Name meaning : After Craven's Flat, so called after an old shepherd known as "Old Craven Jack". He is said to be so-called due to his continual "craving for more wages" or "craving to leave the area"
Notes : Opened as a siding 4/2/1913, platform and waiting shed added 15/11/1913. The Down side platform was 76.2 metres in length and had a building containing a ticket office and general waiting room. An interlocked loop of 422 metres was added on 30/10/1922 on the Up side. The back siding opened 25/4/1914 and closed 14/8/1980. The station building was demolished 20/11/1984. The location is now called South Craven Loop (after North Craven Loop opened 28/01/2009) and holds a 958 metre Up side passing loop which in turn has a short 229 metre dead end siding that terminates near to Woods Road.

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Location of Craven station, a signal box is still here

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Craven (1982, Graeme Skeet)

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Craven (1982, Graeme Skeet)

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A view from the Driver's cab of NT-26, the Up "Grafton XPT" standing in the Loop at Craven as NT-3, the "Murwillumbah XPT" passes through, on 15-12-1993. (Graeme Kirkby)

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4492 on 272N at Craven 5-10-83 (Garry Holt)

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Craven (undated) (Marie Germon)

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4492 on 272 at Craven 5-10-83 (Garry Holt)

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XP2010 Craven 14/01/1984
(image by Brad Coulter)