Willow Tree railway station is located on the Main Northern line in

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, Australia. It serves the village of

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, opening on 13 August 1877 as Warrah when the line was extended from Murrururundi to

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. It was renamed Willow Tree in 1879. The station has one platform and a passing loop. It had a locomotive turntable, primarily for

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s used on the steeply graded banks over the

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south of the village.

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and

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still use bank locomotives on some services today.

Services

Willow Tree is served by

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's daily ''

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Xplorer'' service operating between

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/ Moree and

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. Due to the length of the platform, only the Moree section of the train stops on the platform. This station is a request stop, so the train only stops here if passengers have booked to board/alight here. File:Willow Tree Station.jpg, Southbound view on the platform File:Willow Tree railway station building.jpg, Station building seen from entrance

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Willow Tree station details
Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, North Western Region=y, state=collapsed Easy Access railway stations in New South Wales Railway stations in Australia opened in 1877 Regional railway stations in New South Wales Main North railway line, New South Wales