Culcairn railway station

Culcairn
CountryLink station sign in November 2009
Location Olympic Highway, Culcairn
Coordinates 35°39′58″S 147°02′17″E / 35.6661°S 147.0381°E / -35.6661; 147.0381
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main South
Corowa
Holbrook
Distance 596.82 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code CUL
History
Opened 1 September 1880
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
towards Albury
Main Southern Line
towards Sydney
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Melbourne
NSW TrainLink Southern
Melbourne XPT
towards Sydney

Culcairn railway station is located on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Culcairn. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

History

Culcairn station opened on 1 September 1880 when the Main South line was extended from Wagga to Gerogery.[2][3] Opposite the platform lies a passing loop. There used to be a large set of sidings with loading banks and the wheat silos are still intact.

The 1883 built station master's residence has been restored by the Culcairn Museum Committee.[4][5]

On 3 October 1892, Culcairn became a junction station with the opening of the Corowa line and an island platform added. On 18 September 1902, the Holbrook line opened. Both lines have since closed and the island platform demolished.[3]

Services

Culcairn is served by two daily NSW TrainLink XPT services in each direction operating between Sydney and Melbourne.[6]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central & Melbourne

Description

The station building is of timber construction and a standard roadside design with a brick platform. It was completed in 1880.[1]

Heritage listing

Culcairn is an excellent example of an early timber roadside station building with a major residence (no longer owned by State Rail) and good platform and details surviving. The station building is a large structure with simplified detail but without the form of the grander brick buildings. The residence is similar to several constructed on the southern line and is interesting as it is out of scale with other development on the site, although reflecting the expected importance of the freight traffic on the line. The site is also unusual in having a footbridge across the tracks not associated with the station but at a level crossing, indicating the high level of traffic and activity at the town conflicting with main line and shunting movements. The second platform and building and much of the infrastructure for the yard and passenger use has been removed but the remaining structures are an important surviving relic which make an important contribution to the townscape of Culcairn with its location in the centre of the town.[1]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Culcairn Railway Station and yard group, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01126". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Culcairn Station NSWrail.net
  3. 1 2 Culcairn Railway Precinct NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. ↑ Culcairn Sydney Morning Herald 8 February 2004
  5. ↑ Station House Museum Culcairn Culcairn
  6. ↑ "Southern timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 26 November 2017.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Culcairn Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01126 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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