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== History ==
The Main North railway line had until 1860, terminated at [[High Street railway station, New South Wales|High Street railway station]]. This was extended on 2 July 1860 as far as [[Lochinvar railway station|Lochinvar railway station]], including the opening of ''Wollombi Road'' on this same date. In 1882, ''Wollombi Road'' was renamed
On 8 March 1938, a night officer at the station, Cyril Clive Maher was shot through the head and killed by three teenagers, Thomas Gibson, Kemmell Coleman and William Date. A post-mortem revealed that the bullet had caused fragments of lead and bone to scatter throughout Maher's brain. The trio was subsequently arrested in relation to Maher's murder.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120704676 The Braidwood Dispatch 25 March 1938], <i>The Braidwood Dispatch</i>, Trove, accessed 21 May 2024.</ref>
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