Millthorpe railway station

Millthorpe
Forecourt in October 2015
Location Pym Street, Millthorpe
Coordinates 33°26′55″S 149°10′58″E / 33.4487°S 149.1827°E / -33.4487; 149.1827
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Western
Distance 302.60 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Ground
History
Opened 1886

Millthorpe railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station located on the Main Western line in Millthorpe, 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] The station is proposed for reopening in 2019.[2]

History

The original station opened on 19 April 1877 as Spring Grove when the line was extended from Blayney to Orange. It was renamed Millthorpe on 29 February 1884.[3] It was located 500 metres east of the present station which opened in 1886.[4]

The disused station building was being used as the Millthorpe Wine Centre, a cellar door outlet for two local vineyards, in 2016.[5][1]

After many years out of use, in October 2017 Transport for New South Wales announced planning was underway to reopen the station in 2019 as a request stop for the Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo.[6][2][7] Amongst the work required will for the track to be realigned to once again run up against the platform.[8]

Description

The heritage-listed complex includes the type 2 brick station building, built in the sub-type 4 and the type 3 brick residence, both dating from 1886.[1]

The brick platform face and the station forecourt also fall within the heritage listing.[1]

Heritage listing

Its location at the end of Pym Street closes the vista of the main street and gives it a prominence in the townscape of considerable significance. It is an important civic building in an historic town setting exhibiting fine proportion and detailing. Millthorpe station is one of four examples of this station type, the others being St Peters (1883), Riverstone (1887) and Spring Hill (1884) (demolished). It is the only intact surviving country example and is of high significance.[1]

Millthorpe 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 6 7 "Millthorpe Railway Station group, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01193". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 $1 million to re-open Millthorpe train station in 2019 Western Advocate 30 October 2017
  3. ↑ Millthorpe Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Millthorpe Railway Station Australian Railway Historical Society
  5. ↑ Meacham, 2016
  6. ↑ Millthorpe Station Transport for New South Wales
  7. ↑ Village railway input needed Blayney Chronicle 15 November 2017
  8. ↑ Millthorpe Murmers Central Western Daily 11 March 2015

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Millthorpe Railway Station group, entry number 01193 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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