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Owned by
  
RailCorp

Structure type
  
Ground

Owner
  
RailCorp

Tracks
  
2

Operated by
  
NSW TrainLink

Opened
  
22 September 1930

Platforms in use
  
1

Casino railway station

Location
  
Canterbury Street, Casino

Line(s)
  
North Coast Murwillumbah

Distance
  
805.07 kilometres from Central

Address
  
Canterbury St, Casino NSW 2470, Australia

Similar
  
Kyogle railway station, Byron Bay railway station, Grafton railway station - N, Urunga railway station, Wingham railway station - N

Xpt at casino railway station during hail storm


Casino railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Casino, opening on 22 September 1930.

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History

Casino station was built to replace existing Casino station that was renamed Old Casino on the same day, having opened on 19 October 1903 when the Murwillumbah line was extended from Lismore, ultimately reaching Grafton in 1905. As Old Casino was on what would now be a branch line, a new mainline station was built to coincide with the extension of the North Coast line from Kyogle to the Queensland border.

The station originally was an island platform. In October 1990, the eastern platform was decommissioned, later being filled in and redeveloped as a coach stop. The Murwillumbah line branches off immediately North of the station, although it has not been used since 2004, the track is still in place and a short distance at Casino is used for occasional shunting movements.

Casino had a locomotive depot with a roundhouse until it closed on 25 July 1986. It reopened in 1996 when it was leased to Northern Rivers Railroad.

Platforms & services

Casino has one platform with a passing loop. Each day the station is served by a northbound XPT service to Brisbane and a southbound service to Sydney. In addition a daily XPT to/from Sydney terminates at Casino.

NSW TrainLink also operate coach services from the station to Tweed Heads, Robina, Surfers Paradise and Brisbane.

References

Casino railway station Wikipedia