Lismore railway station

Lismore
Location Union Street, Lismore
Coordinates 28°48′35″S 153°16′12″E / 28.8096°S 153.2700°E / -28.8096; 153.2700Coordinates: 28°48′35″S 153°16′12″E / 28.8096°S 153.2700°E / -28.8096; 153.2700
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Murwillumbah
Distance 836.03 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
History
Opened 15 May 1894
Closed 16 May 2004
Location

 North Coast line to Sydney
 Old Casino
 Bungabbee
 Leycester
 Lismore
 Leycester Creek bridge
 North Lismore
 Woodlawn
 Bexhill
 Eltham
 Laureldale
 Booyong Junction
 Tyumba
 Teven
 Ballina
 Booyong
 Binna Burra
 Bangalow
 St Helena
 Byron Bay
 Tyagarah
 Myocum
 Mullumbimby
 Billinudgel
 Crabbes Creek
 Mooball
 Burringbar
 Stokers
 Dunbible
 Murwillumbah
 Condong

Lismore railway station is a heritage-listed former station on the Murwillumbah line at Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

The station forecourt is served by NSW TrainLink coach services to Casino and Tweed Heads.[2]

History

The station opened on 15 May 1894.[3] It closed on 16 May 2004 when the line from Casino was closed.[4]

Platforms & services

Lismore had one platform, with a passing loop. It was served by trains from Sydney including the North Coast Mail until 1973 when replaced by the Gold Coast Motorail which in February 1990 was replaced by a XPT service.[5]

Description

The former station complex consists of a third-class timber station building of a type 4 standard roadside design with a brick platform; a 2-road carriage shed with a sawtooth roof, originally 15 bays and later extended to 21 bays and a 2-road, corrugated iron locomotive shed in a straight shed design, all dating from 1894. The former station residence is located at 18 Malendy Drive.[1]

Heritage listing

Lismore station and yard group is an excellent group of railway structures with elements rarely found together and extant on the rail system. The station building is a rare timber roadside station with excellent detailing and a very fine verandah to the street facade. The utility buildings are individually significant as rare examples of their type and together in a group. The whole group forms an important unit in the townscape of Lismore and, combined with adjacent civic buildings, contibutes important elements to the townscape.[1]

Lismore 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 "Lismore Railway Station group, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01180". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "North Coast timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 26 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Lismore Station NSWRail.net
  4. ↑ Closure of the Casino to Murwillumbah rail service Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. NSW Parliament November 2004
  5. ↑ "The New Timetable" Railway Digest March 1990 page 94
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