Fernside

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 824.350km
Opened : December 1904
Closed : 19 February 1972
Status : Closed
Name meaning : An adjacent property was named Fernhill but this was the same as Hurlstone Park's then naming so it was changed to Fernside.
Notes : The Up side platform was 51.2 metres in length, later reduced to 15.24 metres. A 10' x 8' cream shed was on the platform.


Notes:
Platform and cream shed added in 1912. It was used as a loading platform for vegetables and bananas until 1933 when goods loading was relocated to Tuncester for farmers in the area. By 1944 fruit was again being loaded at the station

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Details of railway cottage at Fernside

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Fernside (Hi Res)

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Fernside, 1942 diagram.