Mount Murray railway station
Mount Murray | |||||||||||
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| Former railway station ← | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′06″S 150°38′20″E / 34.5517°S 150.6389°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Unanderra–Moss Vale | ||||||||||
| Distance | 118.99 km (73.94 mi) from Central[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2[1] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 August 1932[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1980s [citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Mount Murray is a heritage-listed former
NSW State Heritage Registers as a rare surviving example of small station infrastructure.[3] The platform is located on a passing loop, which is still in use today.[1]
History
The station was opened with the line on 20 August 1932,
Description
The station precinct consists of a timber wayside station building of a type 13 design with a platform faced in pre-cast concrete, dating from 1932. A toilet block also forms part of the complex.[3]
Heritage status
The station buildings were listed as heritage items by
Wingecarribee Shire Council in 1989.[7] In 1999 the station and an area of tracks 50 metres (160 ft) either side of it were also listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The station was described as architecturally, historically and socially rare, and "representative of many small structures that have been removed from the rail system as branch lines and small locations have become redundant."[5]
The line alongside the platform also forms part of the
References
- ^ a b c Australian Rail Track Corporation (June 2015). "North–south corridor network diagram 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Mount Murray Platform". Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
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- ^ "Mount Murray Station". www.nswrail.net. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Mount Murray Railway Station group". Heritage Branch, New South Wales Department of Planning. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ^ "SAFE Notice 2008: Number 2-890" (PDF). Australian Rail Track Corporation. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ^ "Wingecarribee Local Environment Plan 1989 - Schedule 2 - Heritage items". Wingecarribee Shire Council. 1989. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ^ "Heritage Railways - Australia". p. 6. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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