Banool

Colac to Crowes line
pronounced "BAN-ool", to rhyme with cool. Originally named Moorbanool. (pronounced MOO-R-BAN-ool).

1/11/1904

Renamed Banool

17/2/1913

Provision of signals and plunger locks for operation as a temporary staff station.

2/3/1914

Made a permanent staff station.

11/12/1916

Disestablished as staff station.

16/10.1923

#2 road removed.

20/1/1925

May be opened as an Intermediate Block Post.

23/3/1926

Staff exchange box provided. This implies it was now a temporary staff station. It also implies that there was little inward or outward traffic, as #2 road had been removed.

12/5/1926

Disestablished as a temporary staff station.

11/10/1938

Established for a crossing station for Postal Motors crossing any trains. (This was under train section orders.)

11/12/1939

Disestablished as an unattended crossing station. Train staff and ticket system re-introduced for the whole line.