Black Mountain railway station

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Black Mountain Railway Station
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Location Main Northern railway, Black Mountain, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 30°18′35″S151°39′23″E / 30.3096°S 151.6564°E / -30.3096; 151.6564
Owner Transport Asset Holding Entity
Official nameBlack Mountain Railway Station
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1087
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport - Rail
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Location of Black Mountain Railway Station in New South Wales

Black Mountain railway station is a heritage-listed station on a disused section of the Main Northern railway at Black Mountain in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1]

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History

Black Mountain station opened on 19 August 1884 as Boorolong station. It was renamed Black Mountain in 1886. [2] The station closed in 1987. [3]

The station complex is now maintained by a local community group, the Black Mountain Preservation Society. [2] [3]

Description

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Platform

The brick main station building is of a type 4 standard roadside design with a brick platform, and was completed in 1884. The landscaping around the platform and entrance and the station fences and signs are also heritage-listed. [1]

Heritage listing

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Heritage boundaries

Black Mountain station group is an excellent intact station from the 1880s with a very good timber residence of unusual design (no longer owned by State Rail). The quality of the buildings marks the importance of the area in the pastoral development of the State and are an important and integral part of the townscape. This site illustrates the confidence in railway construction during the 1880s boom even in remote locations of the State. [1]

Black Mountain 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Black Mountain Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01087. Retrieved 2 June 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  2. 1 2 "Black Mountain". nswrail.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Share your memories of Black Mountain railway". Guyra Argus. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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