Bombala railway station

Bombala railway station
Location Goulburn-Bombala railway, Bombala, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 36°54′29″S 149°14′16″E / 36.9081°S 149.2377°E / -36.9081; 149.2377Coordinates: 36°54′29″S 149°14′16″E / 36.9081°S 149.2377°E / -36.9081; 149.2377
Owner RailCorp
Official name: Bombala Railway Station and yard group
Type state heritage (complex / group)
Designated 2 April 1999
Reference no. 1091
Type Railway Platform/ Station
Category Transport - Rail
Location of Bombala railway station in New South Wales

Bombala railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Bombala railway line at Bombala, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by RailCorp, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

Description

The heritage-listed complex includes a type 11 pre-cast concrete station building, a pre-cast concrete, skillion roofed signal box, a corrugated iron WC lamp room, and a goods shed. It also includes the timber platform face and footbridge. The landscape of the station and yard precinct also falls within the heritage listing. All heritage-listed buildings and structures at the station date from 1921.[1]

Heritage listing

Bombala is a site of high significance as one of the most intact and well preserved country sites from late in the railways expansion period, c. 1920. The buildings and structures are all excellent examples of their type and the group presents as an important record of how country terminus stations operated.

The footbridge is unusual in such a location and a superb example of a non-standard solution to site access. The station building is one of the best pre-cast concrete structures to survive in the State.Note: There are incomplete details for a number of items listed in NSW. The Heritage Division intends to develop or upgrade statements of significance and other information for these items as resources become available.[1]

Bombala railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as scientifically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bombala Railway Station and yard group, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01091". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

Bibliography

  • Tourism NSW (2007). "Bombala Historic Engine and Machinery Shed".

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Bombala Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01091 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

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