Tuncester

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 831.230km
Opened : 19 October 1903 as Tunstall, renamed Tuncester 1 April 1907
Closed : Passenger services ceased July 1973, closed July 1974 (WN 30), siding disconnected 31 March 1976, siding removed 1977.
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Tunstall was the name of a local property (the word comes from an Old English word meaning farm). It was likely made up from "Tun" in Tunstall and "cester" from Leycester.
Notes : A 60.96 metre platform was located on the Up side, later reduced to 15.5 metres. The yards held cattle and sheep races. 11th July 1913 - pig and cattle yards and a loop siding was erected, in 1966 an enlarged yard with an upper level loading race was added.

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Tuncester (Murwillumbah Branch) in 1973, it would close 3 years later (Jon Rhodes)

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Location of Tuncester station (Six Maps)

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Rough location of the platform at Tuncester (Google Maps)

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Fettler's cottages near Tuncester - around 1950 (SLNSW)

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Down 'Gold Coast Motorail', to Murwillumbah.
On the approach to Tuncester.
Sun. 27.11.1983. (copyright on images)

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Tooths Northern Brewey was behind the station . It opened circa 1980 and closed end of 80s. No product was delivered or sent via rail even though it was only 50 metres away .

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Tuncester, crossing at the old yards (2015)

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Tuncester station arrangements (NSWGR)

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Tuncester, diagram