Bombala railway station

Bombala railway station
Bombala railway station
Location	Bombala railway line, Bombala, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	36°54′29″S149°14′16″E / 36.9081°S 149.2377°E
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Bombala Railway Station and yard group
Type	state heritage (complex / group)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	1091
Type	Railway Platform/ Station
Category	Transport - Rail
	Location of Bombala railway station in New South Wales

Last updated December 17, 2023

Bombala railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Bombala railway line at Bombala, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

Description

The heritage-listed complex includes a type 11 pre-cast concrete station building, a pre-cast concrete, skillion roofed signal box, a corrugated iron WC lamp room, and a goods shed. It also includes the timber platform face and footbridge. The landscape of the station and yard precinct also falls within the heritage listing. All heritage-listed buildings and structures at the station date from 1921.^[1]

Heritage listing

Bombala is a site of high significance as one of the most intact and well preserved country sites from late in the railways expansion period, c. 1920. The buildings and structures are all excellent examples of their type and the group presents as an important record of how country terminus stations operated.

The footbridge is unusual in such a location and a superb example of a non-standard solution to site access. The station building is one of the best pre-cast concrete structures to survive in the State.^[1]

Bombala 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]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Bombala Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01091. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

Bibliography

Tourism NSW (2007). "Bombala Historic Engine and Machinery Shed".^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Bombala Railway Station and yard group , entry number 01091 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 2 June 2018.

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[nswshr-1091-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Bombala Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01091. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

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