Murwillumbah railway station

Murwillumbah
Murwillumbah station in 2008
Location Old Pacific Highway, Murwillumbah,
Australia
Coordinates 28°19′48″S 153°24′10″E / 28.3299°S 153.4027°E / -28.3299; 153.4027Coordinates: 28°19′48″S 153°24′10″E / 28.3299°S 153.4027°E / -28.3299; 153.4027
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Murwillumbah
Distance 934.91 km (580.93 mi) from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 24 December 1894
Closed 16 May 2004
Official name Murwillumbah Railway Station and yard group
Type State heritage (complex / group)
Designated 2 April 1999
Reference no. 1206
Type Railway Platform/ Station
Category Transport - Rail
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

The Murwillumbah railway station is an heritage-listed former terminus railway station located on the Murwillumbah line in Murwillumbah, in the Tweed Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The former railway station is also known as the Murwillumbah Railway Station and yard group. The property is owned by RailCorp, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. The station opened on 24 December 1894[1] and closed on 16 May 2004 when the line from Casino was closed.[2] The station was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

History

Beyond the station, the line continued for a few kilometres as a freight line to Condong. It served a sugar mill until 1972.[4] Murwillumbah had a X200 shunter until the opening of a new motorail siding in August 1988 made it surplus.[5]

Despite no longer being served by trains, the station remains open as a NSW TrainLink booking office. The station forecourt is served by NSW TrainLink coach services to Casino, Tweed Heads and Robina,[6] and Premier Motor Service services to Brisbane, Lismore and Sydney.[7]

Description

The complex comprises a type 12 station pre-cast concrete freight station, erected c. 1926; a goods shed being a side shed without awning with an end platform, erected in 1894. Other structures included a concrete/steel/brick platform face; a water tower with a round brick base with cast iron tank over, erected c. 1894; and a jib crane - T533, erected 1894.[3]

Murwillumbah had one platform, with a passing loop and motorail siding at the northern end of the station. 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.[8]

Heritage listing

Murwillimbah is a good example of a station constructed in the 1920s from pre cast concrete, the predominant material of the period of which relatively little has survived. The building is a substantial structure which has maintained the form of the earlier building with the change of material. It forms part of a group that contains a very good goods shed example and a rare water tank on a round brick base, only three of these were built, all on the north coast line. The station building has had some recent additions of poor quality which detract from significance. The site is also significant because of its connection with the carrying of vehicles on the Motorail service (no longer operating) and the facilities connected with that activity.[3]

The Murwillumbah railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.[3]

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.[3]

See also

  • List of railway stations in New South Wales

References

  1. ↑ "Murwillumbah Station". NSWRail.net.
  2. ↑ "Closure of the Casino to Murwillumbah rail service" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. November 2004.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Murwillumbah Railway Station and yard group, New South Wales State Heritage Register (NSW SHR) Number H01206". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Murwillumbah Branch". Railway Digest: 224. June 1988.
  5. ↑ "Murwillumbah Branch". Railway Digest: 375. October 1988.
  6. ↑ "North Coast timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 26 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Timetables Premier Motor Service
  8. ↑ "The New Timetable". Railway Digest: 94. March 1990.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Murwillumbah Railway Station and yard group, entry number 01206 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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