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Casino railway station, New South Wales

Casino
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Northbound view in 1987
Location Canterbury Street, Casino
Coordinates 28°51′40″S 153°02′18″E / 28.861081°S 153.038215°E / -28.861081; 153.038215Coordinates: 28°51′40″S 153°02′18″E / 28.861081°S 153.038215°E / -28.861081; 153.038215
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) North Coast
Murwillumbah
Distance 805.07 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code CSI
History
Opened 22 September 1930
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
towards Border Loop
North Coast Line
towards Maitland
Preceding station   NSW Closed lines   Following station
towards Murwillumbah
Murwillumbah Line Terminus
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Brisbane
NSW TrainLink North Coast
towards Sydney

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.

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.

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.


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