Murrurundi railway station

Murrurundi railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in Murrurundi in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built between 1872 and 1917. It is also known as Murrurundi Railway Station group. The station serves the town of Murrurundi and opened on 4 April 1872.[1] The station served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to Quirindi on 13 August 1877.[2] The station is owned by RailCorp, an agency of the Government of New South Wales and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

Murrurundi
Northbound view, pictured in 1962.
LocationVictoria Street, Murrurundi
Coordinates31°46′06″S 150°50′22″E
Owned byRailCorp
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance352.30 km (218.91 mi) from Central
Platforms1
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeMDI
History
Opened4 April 1872
Services
Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
Temple Court
towards Wallangarra
Main North Line
Blandford
towards Sydney
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
Willow Tree
towards Moree or Armidale
NSW TrainLink North Western
Scone
towards Sydney
Official nameMurrurundi Railway Station group
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1205
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport - Rail
Murrurundi Railway Station

Services

Murrurundi is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Northern Tablelands Xplorer service operating between Armidale/Moree and Sydney.[4] This station is a request stop, so the train only stops here if passengers have booked to board/alight here.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Services to Sydney, Armidale & Moree request stop (booked passengers only)

History

From 1891 until August 1965, Murrurundi had a four road locomotive depot to the north of the station, primarily as a base for bank engines used on the steeply graded banks over the Liverpool Range to Ardglen Tunnel north of the town. A yard existed opposite the station.[2][5][6]

Description

The station has one platform and a passing loop. The complex comprises a type 3, second class, brick station with hip-roof, erected in 1872; a type 18, brick gable building, non-standard, erected c. 1872; a type 18, infill between buildings, erected possibly in 1891; an open timber framed signal box with a non-standard roof, erected in 1917; and a timber store building with a skillion roof. Other structures include brick platform faces.[3]

Heritage listing

Murrurundi was an important locomotive depot with a substantial straight shed and locomotive facility at the west end of the yard, all of which has been removed. The remaining structures comprising the station buildings, footbridge, residences and goods shed are a good representative group and are individually good examples of their kind. The station is particularly interesting because of the two buildings constructed within a year of each other in different styles. The main building being a fine second class building and the other a more modest gable roof building. The section linking them and adding the awning is also of significance. The residences are all excellent examples of residences for various positions at the complex from station master to loco foreman and the range from brick to timber is representative of many similar structures. The site is visually important in Murrurundi and with the nearby Temple Court station form an important and significant group of structures.[3]

Murrurundi 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 archeologically rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Murrurundi Station". NSWrail.net.
  2. "Byways of Steam - Murrurundi". Roundhouse: 4–27. October 1981.
  3. "Murrurundi Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01205. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. "North West timetable". NSW Trainlink. 7 September 2019.
  5. "Murrurundi Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. Locomotive Depot No 18: Murrurundi Murrurundi Historical Society

Bibliography

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Murrurundi Railway Station group, entry number 01205 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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